(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. (Joshua 17:7) The position of the place must be somewhere on the east of and not far distant from Shechem.
Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Michmethah
Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith (1863). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.