(Heb. Mizzah',
îַæָּä
, despair; Sept.
ÌïæÝ
, in Chronicles
Ìï÷Ý
), the last named of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau by Bashemath (Gen_36:13; 1Ch_1:37), and a petty chieftain of the Edomites (Gen_36:17). B.C. considerably post 1927. The settlements of his descendants are believed by Mr. Forster (Hist. Geog. of Arab. 2:55) to be indicated in the
ìåóáíßôçò êüëðïò
, or Phrat-Misan, at the head of the Persian Gulf.