Probably from machah; erasure; Machath, the name of two Israelites -- Mahath.
see HEBREW machah
H4287. Machath
מַ֫חַת proper name, masculine (perhaps from מַחֲתֶה thing seized) — Levites:
a. 1 Chronicles 6:20, ᵐ5 Μεθ, A Μααθ, ᵐ5L Αμιωθ.
b.2 Chronicles 29:12; 31:13, ᵐ5 Μααθ, Μαεθ, ᵐ5L Μααθ, Ααθ.