Masrekah

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("vineyard".) The Edomite king Samlah's country ( Genesis 36:36), where the excellent "vine", Soreq , abounded. Burckhardt found extensive vineyards in the region of the Idumean mountains N. of Petra along the Hadj route, made by the Refaya tribe for supplying Gaza and the Mecca pilgrims.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Masrekah Mentioned as the home of an Edomite king, Samlah (  Genesis 36:36 =   1 Chronicles 1:47 ). The locality has not been identified.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

City or place of Samlah, an ancient king of Edom.  Genesis 36:36;  1 Chronicles 1:47 . Not identified.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

A duke of Edom,  Genesis 36:36 from Sharah, whistling.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 36:36 1 Chronicles 1:47

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 36:36 1 Chronicles 1:47

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Masrekah', מִשְׂרֵקָה , Vineyard; Sept. Μασσεκκά , Μασεκκά ), a place apparently in Idumuea, the native place of Samlah, one of the Edomitish kings ( Genesis 36:36;  1 Chronicles 1:47). "The student will observe that while some of these kings are mentioned with the addition, ‘ and the name of his town was,' others are introduced as ‘ coming from' some other place. Kalisch (ad loc.) remarks that the former seems to comprise native Idumaeans, the latter foreigners. Eusebius and Jerome, however (Onomast. s.v. Masraca), locate Masrekah in Gebalene, a province embracing the northern part of Edom" (Kitto). "Interpreted as Hebrew, the name refers to vineyards — as if from Sarakc, a root with which we are familiar in the ‘ vine of Sorek,' that is, the choice vine; and, led by this, Knobel (Genesis, p. 257) proposes to place Masrekah in the district of the Idumuean mountains north of Petra, and along the Haj route, where Burckhardt found ‘ extensive vineyards,' and ‘ great quantities of dried grapes,' made by the tribe of the Refaya for the supply of Gaza and for the Mecca pilgrims (Burckhardt, Syria, p. 418). But this is mere conjecture, as no name at all corresponding with Masrekah has been yet discovered in that locality" (Smith). According to Schwarz (Palest. p. 215), there is still a town, eight miles south of Petra, called En-Masrak, which he thinks may be the locality. He probably refers to the place marked Ain Mafrak on Palmer's Map, and Ain el-Usdaka on Kiepert's.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mas´rḗ - ka , mas - rē´ka ( משׂרקה , masrēḳāh  ; Μασέκκα , Masékka ): A place mentioned in the list of ancient rulers of Edom (  Genesis 36:31 ), "before there reigned any king over the children of Israel." Masrekah was the royal city of Samlah, son of Hadad ( Genesis 36:36;  1 Chronicles 1:47 ). The name may mean "place of choice vines," but there is nothing to show in what locality it must be sought.