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mešex מֶ֫שֶׁךְ ‘Meshech’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: the same form as mešex מֶ֫שֶׁךְ ‘bag/price’ , but @probaply@ of foreign derivation
Roots: משׁך

mešex pr n m pers
Mesech or Meshech = "drawing out"
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

Mentioned in Genesis 10:2 Ezekiel 27:13, 38:2, 39:1, 38:3, 32:26 Psalms 120:5 1 Chronicles 1:17, 1:5

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