Meaning
Mahlites ma'-lits (machli): Descendants of Mahli, son of Merari (Num 3:33, Num 26:58). These Mahlites appear to have followed the example of the daughters of Zelophehad, mutatis mutandis. (See MAHLAH; had the name become the description of a practice?) They married the daughters of their uncle Eleazar (1Ch 23:21, 1Ch 23:22).