מְחַסְיָא, Matha M’ḥasia (or Maḥseia, v. Jer. XXXII, 12), prob. a suburb of Sura (v. Berl. Beitr. z. Geogr., p. 45, sq.). Keth. 4ᵃ. Ber. 17ᵇ בני מ׳ מ׳ וכ׳ the (gentile) inhabitants of M. M. are obstinate. Kidd. 33ᵃ. B. Kam. 119ᵇ. Snh. 7ᵇ; Hor. 3ᵇ