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title: מֶשֶׁךְ — Mesech · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶשֶׁךְ (4902), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Mesech. BDB 1906: n.pr.gent. the Moschi. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶשֶׁךְ

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«מֶשֶׁךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mesech** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 4902 · **BDB:** מֶ֫שֶׁךְ²

### Glosses

Meshech (6); of.Meshech (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mesech [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4902/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.gent. the Moschi [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4902/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** 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 Du CheHpt. v. supr. מָשַׁךְ 2); גּוֹג נְשִׂיא רֹאשׁ מ׳ וְתֻבָ֑ל Ez 38:3; 39:1. 𝔊 Μοσοχ (Μεσοχ), Sam. מושׁ(י)ך.—On identif. cf. Boch.; in Assyrian times they dwelt in W. (or NW.) Armenia (cf. Schrl.c.); in Pers. times appar. farther NE. (SE. of Euxine Sea), cf. Μοσξοι καὶ Τιβαρηνοι Herod.iii. 94; vii. 78; also Di Gn 10:2 and CheEncycl. Bib. Art. Geogr. (Biblical).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶשֶׁךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4902/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 120:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.120.5/)

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אֽוֹיָה־לִ֭י כִּי־גַ֣רְתִּי מֶ֑שֶׁךְ שָׁ֝כַ֗נְתִּי עִֽם־אָהֳלֵ֥י קֵדָֽר׃

*Word for word:* woe! to me (dm) I.have.sojourned Meshech I.have.dwelt with the.tents of.Kedar

*JPS 1917:* Woe is me, that I sojourn with Meshech, that I dwell beside the tents of Kedar!

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[Genesis 10:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.2/)

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בְּנֵ֣י יֶ֔פֶת גֹּ֣מֶר וּמָג֔וֹג וּמָדַ֖י וְיָוָ֣ן וְתֻבָ֑ל וּמֶ֖שֶׁךְ וְתִירָֽס׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Japheth \[were\].Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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