mish.ma is used as a proper name in genealogical and name-list contexts.

The attested form is consistently a proper name: it appears in lists of names and in a genealogy where descendants are named.

1. Proper name in lists and genealogy · dominant

   All four occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Genesis 25:14 and 1 Chronicles 1:30, the APB renders the form within lists of names; in 1 Chronicles 4:25 it places Mishma in a son-to-father sequence, and 1 Chronicles 4:26 introduces “the sons of Mishma.”

   Genesis 25:141 Chronicles 1:301 Chronicles 4:251 Chronicles 4:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the form as “Mishma” in name lists and genealogical statements, including “the sons of Mishma” in 1 Chronicles 4:26. The verse is read as a whole.