mish.al is used as a proper place-name in Joshua's territorial and town listings.

The attested forms function as a proper place-name: Joshua 19:26 includes it among locations in a territorial description, while Joshua 21:30 lists it with pastureland among towns given from Asher.

1. Proper place-name in territorial and town lists · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Joshua 19:26 the APB renders it within a sequence of locations as the boundary reaches Carmel toward the sea; in Joshua 21:30 the APB renders it as a town given from Asher, with its pasture.

   Joshua 19:26Joshua 21:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the form as “Mishal” in both verses: first in a location sequence and then as a town with “its pasture.” It does not by itself define the name beyond those contexts.