Genesis 36:39 names her as a daughter of Matred (מטרד), and grand-daughter of Mey-Zahav (מי-זהב); she married Hadar (הדר), king of Edom.
Possibly the Chaldean form of Meytiv-El (מיטיב אל), "the beneficent god".
See also Nehemiah 6:10, where Necham-Yah (נְחֶמְיָה) goes to the house of Shema-Yah (שְׁמַעְיָה) the son of Dela-Yah (דְּלָיָה) the son of Meheytav-El (דְּלָיָה); as so often in Nechem-Yah, the names tend to reflect a faith based on the marriage of El and Yah, which is not the common coupling of the Kena'ani world.
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