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In the Bible, Meshech, ???
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
, [ me'?ek ], "price" or "precious", literally "a drawing up (getting)", is named as a son of Japheth
Japheth

Japheth is one of the sons of Noah in the Bible. In Arabic language citations, his name is normally given as Yafeth ibn Nuh ....
 in Genesis
Genesis

Genesis or Breishit is the first book of the Bible used by Judaism and Christianity, and the first of five books of the Pentateuch or Torah....
 10:2 and 1 Chronicles 1:5.

Another Meshech is named as a son of Aram
Aram, son of Shem

According to the Table of Nations in Book of Genesis 10 of the Hebrew Bible, Aram was a son of Shem, and the father of Uz , Hul, Gether and Mash....
 in 1 Chronicles 1:17 (corresponding to the form Mash in Genesis 10).

Interpretations
Meshech is named with Tubal
Tubal

Tubal, ???? Help:IPA pronunciation key [ t?u'bal ] or ??? [ tu'bal ], "Thou shalt be brought", in Book of Genesis 10 , was the name of a son of Japheth, son of Noah....
 (and Rosh
Rosh

Rosh may refer to:*List of minor Biblical figures#Rosh, a character mentioned in the Book of Genesis and a nation listed in Ezekiel 38:2,3; 39:1....
, in certain translations) as principalities of "Gog
Gog

Gog may refer to:* Gog of the land of Magog, the Chief prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal from the book of Ezekiel, chapters 38 & 39* Gog , a 1954 science fiction film by Herbert L....
, prince of Magog
Magog (Bible)

Magog, Hebrew language ????, Greek language ?a???, Help:IPA pronunciation key], is the second of the seven sons of Japheth mentioned in the Table of Nations in Book of Genesis 10....
" in Ezekiel
Ezekiel

This article is about the main speaker in the biblical Book of Ezekiel. For a summary and analysis of the book itself, see Book of Ezekiel.According to religious texts, Ezekiel was a prophet and priest in the Hebrew Bible who prophesied for 22 years sometime in the 6th century BC in the form of visions while exiled in Babylon, as recorded...
 38:2 and 39:1, and is considered a Japhetite tribe, identified by Flavius Josephus with the Cappadocia
Cappadocia

Cappadocia, Wikipedia:IPA for English /k?p?'do???/ , was an extensive inland district of Asia Minor . The name continued to be used in western sources and in the Christianity tradition throughout history and is still widely used as an international Tourism in Turkey concept to define a region of exceptional natural wonders characterized by...
n Moschoi (Mushki
Mushki

The Mushki were an Iron Age people of Anatolia, known from Assyrian sources. They do not appear in Hittites records. Several authors have connected them with the Moschoi of Greek sources and the Georgian tribe of the Meskhetians....
, also associated with Phrygia
Phrygia

In antiquity, Phrygia was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now modern-day Turkey. The Phrygians initially lived in the Southern Balkans; according to Herodotus, under the name of Bryges, changing it to Phruges after their final migration to Anatolia, via the Hellespont....
ns or Bryges
Bryges

Bryges or Briges is the historical name given to a people of the ancient Balkans. They are generally considered to have been related to the Phrygians, who during classical antiquity lived in western Anatolia....
) and their capital Mazaca.






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In the Bible, Meshech, ???
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
, [ me'?ek ], "price" or "precious", literally "a drawing up (getting)", is named as a son of Japheth
Japheth

Japheth is one of the sons of Noah in the Bible. In Arabic language citations, his name is normally given as Yafeth ibn Nuh ....
 in Genesis
Genesis

Genesis or Breishit is the first book of the Bible used by Judaism and Christianity, and the first of five books of the Pentateuch or Torah....
 10:2 and 1 Chronicles 1:5.

Another Meshech is named as a son of Aram
Aram, son of Shem

According to the Table of Nations in Book of Genesis 10 of the Hebrew Bible, Aram was a son of Shem, and the father of Uz , Hul, Gether and Mash....
 in 1 Chronicles 1:17 (corresponding to the form Mash in Genesis 10).

Interpretations


Meshech is named with Tubal
Tubal

Tubal, ???? Help:IPA pronunciation key [ t?u'bal ] or ??? [ tu'bal ], "Thou shalt be brought", in Book of Genesis 10 , was the name of a son of Japheth, son of Noah....
 (and Rosh
Rosh

Rosh may refer to:*List of minor Biblical figures#Rosh, a character mentioned in the Book of Genesis and a nation listed in Ezekiel 38:2,3; 39:1....
, in certain translations) as principalities of "Gog
Gog

Gog may refer to:* Gog of the land of Magog, the Chief prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal from the book of Ezekiel, chapters 38 & 39* Gog , a 1954 science fiction film by Herbert L....
, prince of Magog
Magog (Bible)

Magog, Hebrew language ????, Greek language ?a???, Help:IPA pronunciation key], is the second of the seven sons of Japheth mentioned in the Table of Nations in Book of Genesis 10....
" in Ezekiel
Ezekiel

This article is about the main speaker in the biblical Book of Ezekiel. For a summary and analysis of the book itself, see Book of Ezekiel.According to religious texts, Ezekiel was a prophet and priest in the Hebrew Bible who prophesied for 22 years sometime in the 6th century BC in the form of visions while exiled in Babylon, as recorded...
 38:2 and 39:1, and is considered a Japhetite tribe, identified by Flavius Josephus with the Cappadocia
Cappadocia

Cappadocia, Wikipedia:IPA for English /k?p?'do???/ , was an extensive inland district of Asia Minor . The name continued to be used in western sources and in the Christianity tradition throughout history and is still widely used as an international Tourism in Turkey concept to define a region of exceptional natural wonders characterized by...
n Moschoi (Mushki
Mushki

The Mushki were an Iron Age people of Anatolia, known from Assyrian sources. They do not appear in Hittites records. Several authors have connected them with the Moschoi of Greek sources and the Georgian tribe of the Meskhetians....
, also associated with Phrygia
Phrygia

In antiquity, Phrygia was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now modern-day Turkey. The Phrygians initially lived in the Southern Balkans; according to Herodotus, under the name of Bryges, changing it to Phruges after their final migration to Anatolia, via the Hellespont....
ns or Bryges
Bryges

Bryges or Briges is the historical name given to a people of the ancient Balkans. They are generally considered to have been related to the Phrygians, who during classical antiquity lived in western Anatolia....
) and their capital Mazaca. In Hippolytus of Rome's chronicle (234 AD), the "Illyrians" were identified as Meshech's offspring. In addition, Georgians
Georgians

The Georgians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus, the oldest group of the South Caucasian peoples people mainly centered in Georgia , but also living in Turkey, Russia, the United States, Iran, and other countries....
 have traditions that they, and other Caucasus people including Armenians, share descent from Meshech (Georgian: Meskheti
Meskheti

Meskheti is a mountainous area and a former province in southwestern Georgia . The ancient Georgian tribes of Meskhetians and Mosiniks were the indigenous population of this region, identified by some authors with the Mushki known from 12th century BC Assyrian sources....
), Tubal, and Togarmah
Togarmah

Togarmah third son of Gomer, and grandson of Japheth, brother of Ashkenaz and Riphat .In the northernmost house of Togarmah will follow Gog....
.

According to one legend, found in 17th c. Russian sources (eg. Timothy Kamenevich-Rvovski), Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
 (Moskva) was founded by King Mosokh son of Japheth (i.e. Meshech), and was named for him and his wife, Kva. In this legend, they are also said to have had a son, Ya, and daughter, Vuza, who gave their names to the nearby Yauza river.