Massa

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Massa: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

son of Ishmael son of Abraham and Hagar
a tribe of people in Arabia (OS)

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a burden; prophecy

Hebrew

Strongs #04854: asm Massa'

Massa = "burden"

n pr m
1) a son of Ishmael

4854 Massa' mas-saw'

the same as 4853; burden; Massa, a son of Ishmael:-Massa.
see HEBREW for 04853

Massa [EBD]

a lifting up, gift, one of the sons of Ishmael, the founder of an Arabian tribe (Gen. 25:14); a nomad tribe inhabiting the Arabian desert toward Babylonia.

Massa [NAVE]

MASSA, son of Ishmael, Gen. 25:14; 1 Chr. 1:30.

MASSA [SMITH]

(burden), a son of Ishmael. (Genesis 26:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30) His descendants were not improbably the Masani , placed by Ptolemy in the east of Arabia, near the borders of Babylonia.

MASSA [ISBE]

MASSA - mas'-a (massa', "burden"): Descendant of Abraham through Ishmael (Gen 25:14; 1 Ch 1:30). His people may be the Masani of Ptolemy, having Eastern Arabia near Babylon as their habitat. The marginal reading of the heading to Prov 31 mentions Lemuel as king of Massa. If that reading is accepted, it would seem that a tribe and probably a place were named from Ishmael's descendant. The reading is doubtful, however, for where the phrase recurs in Prov 30 (Revised Version (British and American)) it appears to be a gloss.