H4902I

מֶ֫שֶׁךְ

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Meshech

§ Mesech or Meshech = "drawing out" descendants of Mesech often mentioned in connection with Tubal, Magog, and other northern nations including the Moschi, a people on the borders of Colchis and Armenia

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. מֶ֫שֶׁךְ proper name, of a people the Moschi (Greek Μοσχοι, see below; Assyrian Mušku, Muški, Dl^{Par 250 E.} Schr^{COT Gen 10:2}; KGF 155 ff.; compare Sabean משך Hal²⁴³); — 'son' of Japheth Gen 10:2 (P), between תֻּבָל and תִּירָס, = 1Chr 1:5 also, מֶ֑שֶׁךְ, probably error, v1Chr 1:17 (see מַשׁ); מֶ֑שֶׁךְ Ps 120:5 (|| קֵדָר; here without תֻּבָל); ׳תּוּבַל וּמ Ezek 27:13 compare Ezek 32:26; Ezek 38:2 (both + תֻּבָל); so also ᵐ5 Isa 66:19 (Lo Sta^{Javan 8} Du Che^Hpt; see above מָשַׁךְ

2.); וְתֻבָ֑ל ׳גּוֺג נְשִׂיא ראֹשׁ מ Ezek 38:3; Ezek 39:1. ᵐ5 Μοσοχ (Μεσοχ), Samaritan מושׁ(י)ך. — On identification compare Boch.; in Assyrian times they dwelt in west (or northwest) Armenia (compare Schr^l.c.); in Persian times apparently farther northeast (southeast of Euxine Sea), compare Μοσχοι καὶ Τιβαρηνοι Herod^{iii. 94; vii. 78}; also Di^{Gen 10:2 and} Che^{Encycl. Blb. Art. Geogr. (Biblical)}.

1 occurrence

Ezekiel 32:26