1 in Gilead, explanation as name given to Laban's cairn, north of Jabbok Genesis 31:49 (on text see Ball Holz; ᵐ5 ἡ ὅρασις).

2 probably south of Jabbok, Judges 10:17 (ἡ σκοπιά), Judges 11:11,34 (Μασσηφα; so ᵐ5^L Judges 10:17), Hosea 5:1 (ἡ σκοπιά); apparently = II. מִצְמֶּה

3, Buhl^{Geogr. 262} (מֶּה-, מָּה-, seem to interchange); site unknown; see conjectures in Buhl^l.c., compare GASm^{Geogr. 586.}

3. near Hermon, ׳אֶרֶץ הַמּ Joshua 11:3, Μασευμαν, Μασσηφα(θ), = בִּקְעַתמִֿצְמֶּה Joshua 11:8, Μασσωχ, Μασσηφα; see Buhl^{Geogr. 240.}

4 old sacred place in Benjamin, Μασσηφα, etc.; — ׳הַמּ Judges 20:1 +, הַמִּצְמָּ֫תָה 1 Samuel 7:5 +; — Judges 20:1,3; Judges 21:1,5,8; 1 Samuel 7:5 7t. 1 Samuel 7; 1 Samuel 10; 1 Kings 15:22 2Chronicles 16:6; 2 Kings 25:23,25; Jeremiah 40:10 12t. 40, 41; Nehemiah 3:7,15,19; = הַמִּצְמֶּה Joshua 18:26; — modern Nabî Samwîl, 5 miles northwest of Jerusalem, see Buhl^{Geogr. 167 f.}.