Michmethah
Michmethah
(Heb. Mikmethath’, , perh. hiding-place; Sept. , Vulg. Machmethath), a town on the northern border of Ephraim (and the southern of Manasseh), situated eastward of Shechem and southward from Asher, in the direction of Tappuah (Jos 17:7), also not very far west of Jordan, but beyond Taanath-Shiloh (Jos 16:6; where part of the verse appears to have become transposed from its proper location at the beginning of Jos 16:8; see Keil’s Comment. ad loc.). These notices appear to fix it not far from Wady Bidan, north-east of Salem. SEE TRIBE. This position corresponds to the location assigned to the associated places by Eusebius (Schwarz, Palest. page 147); and M. de Saulcy found a little village in this vicinity, called el-Makhna, which he thinks may be a vestige of the Biblical locality (Narrative, 1:93); but Dr. Robinson, who passed through this region during his last visit, speaks only of several villages visible in this vicinity (Researches, new ed. 3:298), and applies the name el- Makhna to a large fertile valley south of Nablus (ibid. page 132, etc.); which, however, according to Van de Velde’s Map, runs into Wady Bidan.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Michmethah
hiding-place, a town in the northern border of Ephraim and Manasseh, and not far west of Jordan (Josh. 16:6; 17:7).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Michmethah
A landmark between Ephraim and Manasseh W. of Jordan, on the E. of and facing Shechem (Jos 17:7); but Jos 16:6 says Ephraim’s border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the N. side; Grove supposes a gap between Jos 16:5 and Jos 16:6.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Michmethah
MICHMETHAH.The word occurs only in Jos 16:6; Jos 17:7, in each case with the article, therefore probably not a proper name. Of the meaning of the word we are entirely ignorant. It indicated a place or some natural feature on the boundary of Manasseh. An echo of the old name may perhaps be heard in el-Mukhneh, the plain which lies to the east of Nbins.
W. Ewing.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Michmethah
mikme-tha (, ha-mikhmethah; Codex Vaticanus , Hikasmon; Codex Alexandrinus , Machthoth): A place named in defining the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh (Jos 16:6; Jos 17:7). It is said to lie before, i.e. to the East of Shechem. In the name itself, the meaning of which is obscure, there is nothing to guide us. The presence of the article, however (the Michmethah), suggests that it may not be a proper name, but an appellative, applying to some feature of the landscape. Condor suggests the plain of Makhneh, which lies to the East of Nablus (Shechem), in which there may possibly be an echo of the ancient name.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Michmethah
[Mich’methah]
Boundary of Ephraim and Manasseh. Jos 16:6; Jos 17:7. Identified by some with Sahel Mukhnah, 32 11′ N, 35 17′ E.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Michmethah
H4366
A city between Ephraim and Manasseh.
Jos 16:6; Jos 17:7
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Michmethah
Mich’methah. (hiding-place). A place which formed one of the landmarks, of the boundary of the territories, of Ephraim and Manasseh, on the western side of Jordan. Jos 17:7. The position of the place must be somewhere, on the east of , and not far distant from, Shechem.