STRONGS NUMBER H4902

H4902. Meshek

II. מֶ֫שֶׁךְ‎ proper name, of a people the Moschi (Greek Μοσχοι, see below; Assyrian Mušku, Muški, Dl^{Par 250 E.} Schr^{COT Genesis 10:2}; KGF 155 ff.; compare Sabean משך‎ Hal²⁴³); — 'son' of Japheth 10:2 (P), between תֻּבָל‎ and תִּירָס‎, = 1 Chronicles 1:5; also, מֶ֑שֶׁךְ‎, probably error, 1:17 (see מַשׁ‎); מֶ֑שֶׁךְ‎ Psalm 120:5 ("" קֵדָר‎; here without תֻּבָל‎); וּמ ׳תּוּבַל‎ Ezekiel 27:13; compare 32:26; 38:2 (both + תֻּבָל‎); so also ᵐ5‎ Isaiah 66:19 (Lo Sta^{Javan 8} Du Che^Hpt; see above מָשַׁךְ‎ 2); מ ראֹשׁ נְשִׂיא ׳גּוֺג וְתֻבָ֑ל‎ Ezekiel 38:3; 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^{Genesis 10:2 and} Che^{Encycl. Blb. Art. Geogr. (Biblical)}.