“mother.” The Hebrew text is “mother,” but “father” and “mother” were also used for grandparents and ancestors.

“queen mother.” The Hebrew word translated “queen mother” is gebereth (#01404 גְּבֶרֶת), and in this context, the “queen mother” is the mother of the king.^a The queen mother was the most powerful woman in the kingdom, much more powerful than any of the wives of the king, who often did not have much real power at all.