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Massa

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Heb. Massa', מִשָּׂא, a liftiing up, as often; Sept. Μασσῆ ), one of the sons of Ishmael (B.C. post 2061), who became the progenitor of an Arabian clan (Genesis 25:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30). The tribe is usually, and not improbably, compared with the Masani (Macavol, Ptol. v. 19, 2), inhabiting the Arabian desert towards Babylonia, doubtless the same as the lascei, a nomad tribe of Mesopotamia (Pliny, H. N. 6:30). This would confirm Forster's theory that the twelve sons of Ishmael peopled the whole of the Arabian peninsula (Geogr. of Arabia, 1:284). As Dumah is named in connection with Seir (Isaiah 21:11), there is some foundation for the opinion that Massa was a kingdom of considerable size, possibly reigned over by king Lemuel (Proverbs 30:1, הִמִּשָּׂא, "the prophecy"). (See LEMUEL). Hitzig arbitrarily locates Dumah in wady el-Kora, about fifty miles south-east of Akabah, and then places Massa between it and Mount Seir (Zeller's Johrbuch, 1844, p. 288). (See DUMAH).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Massa'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​m/massa.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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