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H4852

מֵשָׁא

me.sahN:N--L

Mesha

§ Mesha = "freedom" a region marking one of the limits of the territory of the Joktanites when they first settled in Arabia

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מֵשָׁא proper name, of a location limiting territory of Joktanites, Gen 10:30 DlPar 243 identifies with Assyrian Maš (Syro-Arabic desert); > district Mesene, on Persian Gulf, Thes823 (compare Di); ᵐ5 Μασση(ε), whence Di I. מַשָּׂא q. v. (after HalMél.91 f.)

[מַשְׂאָב] see שׂאב. מְשׁאָה see מְשׂוֺאָה.

מַשָּׁאוֺן, מַשֻּׁאוֺת see II. נשׁא.

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