Aholibamah
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Aholibamah (אָהֳלִיבָמָה "My tabernacle of/is height/exaltation", Standard Hebrew Oholivama, Tiberian Hebrew ʼOhŏlîḇāmāh), the name given to Judith, the daughter of Beeri = Anah (Gen. 26:34; 36:2), when she became the wife of Esau. A district among the mountains of Edom, probably near Mount Hor, was called after her name, or it may be that she received her name from the district. From her descended three tribes of Edomites, founded by her three sons.
Aholibamah was also a grand daughter of Cain, beloved by a seraph, who at the Flood bore her away to another planet.
This entry incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation.