Mesobaite
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
Hebrew, Μezobaite . The title of Jasiel ( 1 Chronicles 11:47). From Zobah, one of the small Syrian kingdoms. (See Zobah .)
Morrish Bible Dictionary [2]
Designation of Jasiel, one of David's valiant men. 1 Chronicles 11:47 . Its signification is unknown.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
1 Chronicles 11:47
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(Hebrews Metsobayah', מְצֹבָיָה , garrison of Jehovah, being apparently the name of the place itself, used for a gentile, the preceding noun being regarded as in the construct; Sept. Μεσωβία v. r. Μειναβεία , Vulg. Masobia ), a designation of Jasiel, the last named of David's body-guard ( 1 Chronicles 11:47), probably meaning of Mesobaiah, as being his place of residence; but, no other clue being given to its locality there is no room even to conjecture its position. Possibly it is rather the name of a person from whom he was descended; but the form and construction are equally difficult as a patronymic. Perhaps we should point הִמַּצֹּבָיֹה , and thus refer to ZOBAH as the place of his nationality. Kennicott's conclusion (Dissertation, p. 233, 234) is that originally the word was "the Metsobaites" ( הִמְּצֹבָיַם ), and applied to the three names preceding it.
