Brown-Driver-Briggs
מָרֵשָׁה and (Joshua 15:44)
מָרֵאשָׁה proper name, of a location (etymology dubious) in (the Shephelah of) Judah,
Micah 1:15 (where named with
אַכְזִיבּ etc.),
Joshua 15:44 (
id.), compare 2 Chronicles 11:8; 2 Chronicles 14:8; 2 Chronicles 14:9; 2 Chronicles 20:37; so apparently (as proper name, masculine in Geneal. scheme)
1 Chronicles 2:42;
1 Chronicles 4:21. — compare 2Macc 12:35 (
Μαρισα), 1 Macc 5:66 (read
Μαρισα for
Σαμαρια, compare Var. Apocrypha). — Joseph
Ant. xii. 8, 6 (
Μαρισσα).
ᵐ5 A
Joshua 15:44 Μαρησὰ ᵐ5L βαρσηα;
ᵐ5 1 Chronicles 2:42 Μαρἑἰσα ᵐ5L Μαρησα, etc. Probably = modern
Mer¹sh1mile South of Beit Jibrin (Eleutheropolis), compare Rob
BR ii. 31 Be
1Chronicles 2:42 GASm
Geogr. 233 (who identify with (
גַּת)
מוֺרֶשֶׁת Micah 1:14 q. v. below
ירשׁ above, but see Lag
Ono.n. 139, 141, 279, 282) Buhl
Geogr. 192.
מִרְשַׁ֫עַת see רשׁע מֹרַשְׁתִּי see ירשׁ.
מָרֵאשָׁה, מָרֵשָׁה proper name, of a location.