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II. מֶ֫שֶׁךְ proper name [of a people] the Moschi (Greek Μοσχοι, see below; Assyrian Mušku, Muški , DlPar 250 E. SchrCOT 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, 1Chr 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 StaJavan 8 Du CheHpt; 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 Schrl.c.); in Persian times apparently farther northeast (southeast of Euxine Sea), compare Μοσχοι καὶ Τιβαρηνοι Herodiii. 94; vii. 78; also Di Gen 10:2 and CheEncycl. Blb. Art. Geogr. (Biblical).