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MASSA

(Heb. maśśāʾ)

1. A son of Ishmael and eponymous ancestor of a northern Arabian tribe (Gen. 25:14; 1 Chr. 1:30). Akkadian sources (ANET, 283) place the Massaeans in the region of northern Arabia. Ptolemy (Geog. 5.18.2) mentions the “Masanoi” as situated in the area assigned to the Ishmaelites (i.e., north central Arabia).

2. A term in the heading of Prov. 30:1; 31:1, indicating perhaps a place (1 above) or an “oracle” (cf. presence of the definite article in 30:1). Although prophetic usage of Heb. maśśāʾ (“burden”) portends an oracle of doom (e.g., Isa. 13:1; 15:1; Nah. 1:1; Hab. 1:1), the title of the Proverbs collections connotes no such meaning.

Harold R. Mosley






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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