H4902 H4902
Meshech, a people and region in Asia Minor (Anatolia), descended from Japheth, often paired with Tubal in prophecy.
Meshech identifies a people group traced to Japheth's lineage (Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5), known in Assyrian records as the Mushki and in Greek sources as the Moschoi, dwelling in western Armenia and central Anatolia. In the prophets, Meshech appears almost invariably alongside Tubal as trading partners (Ezek 27:13) and as nations subject to divine judgment (Ezek 32:26; 38:2-3; 39:1). The Psalmist's lament 'Woe to me that I sojourn in Meshech' (Ps 120:5) uses the name to evoke a distant, hostile land. Spanish 'Mesec,' French 'Meschek,' and the Septuagint 'Mosoch' all reflect the same Semitic consonantal root.
Senses
1. Meshech (proper name, region/people) — The proper gentillic name Meshech, denoting a people and territory in Asia Minor descended from Japheth. Genealogical texts (Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5, 17) place Meshech among the sons of Japheth between Tubal and Tiras. Prophetic texts consistently pair Meshech with Tubal as commercial and military powers (Ezek 27:13; 38:2-3; 39:1), while Psalm 120:5 uses the name as a byword for remote exile. Multilingual renderings -- Spanish 'Mesec,' French 'Meschek,' German 'Meshekh' -- are straightforward transliterations confirming a single referent. 9×
AR["في-ماشِك","مَاشَكَ","مَاشَكُ","وَ-ماشِك","وَ-مَاشَكُ","وَمَاشَكُ"]·ben["আর-মেশক","ও-মেশক","মেশক","মেশকে","মেশকের"]·DE["[ומשך]","[משך]","in-Meshekh","und-Meschech"]·EN["Meshech","and-Meshech","and-Meshekh","in-Meshekh"]·FR["Méschek","de-Méschek","et-Meshech","et-Méschec","et-Méschek"]·heb["ו-משך","משך"]·HI["और-मेशेक","मेशेक","मेशेक-में"]·ID["Mesekh","Mesekh,","dan-Mesekh","dan-Mesekh,"]·IT["Mesec","[משך]","e-Mesec","e-Meshech"]·jav["Mèsyek","Mésekh","lan-Mesekh","lan-Mèsek","lan-Mèsèkh"]·KO["그-와-메섹","그리고-메섹","그리고-메셉이","메섹-에서","메셉의","메셉이-있다"]·PT["Meshek","e-Meshek","e-Meshekh","em-Meseque"]·RU["Мешех","Мешеха","в-Мешехе","и-Мешех"]·ES["Mesec","Mésec","en-Mesec","y-Mesec","y-Mésec","y-Mésej"]·SW["Mesheki","na-Mesheki"]·TR["Meşek","Meşek'in","Meşek'te","ve-Meşek"]·urd["اور-مسک","اور-مشک","مسک","مسک-میں","مشک","میشک","و-مشک"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. מֶ֫שֶׁךְ n.pr.gent. the Moschi (Gk Μοσχοι, v. infr.; Assyrian Mušku, Muški, DlPar 250 SchrCOT Gn 10, 2; KGF 155 ff.; cf. Sab. משך Hal243);—‘son’ of Japheth Gn 10:2 (P), between תֻּבָל and תִּירָס, = 1 Ch 1:5; also, מֶ֑שֶׁךְ, prob. error, v 17 (v. מַשׁ); מֶ֑שֶׁךְ ψ 120:5 (‖ קֵדָר; here without תֻּבָל); תּוּבַל וּמ׳ Ez 27:13 cf. 32:26; 38:2 (both + תֻּבָל); so also 𝔊 Is 66:19 (Lo StaJavan 8…