Lexical Definition

‎מֶשֶׁךְ‎ Meshek (meh'-shek) Meshech ^N:N-M-P
the same in form as ‎מֶשֶׁךְ‎, but probably of foreign derivation

Mesech, Meshech.

• § Mesech or Meshech = "drawing out"
• Meshek, a son of Japheth, and the people descended from him

1) son of Japheth, grandson of Noah, and progenitor of peoples to the north of Israel
1a) 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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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)}.

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