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(מש×, mash): Named in as one of the sons of Aramaic In the parallel passage in the name is given as “Meshech†(meshekh), and the Septuagint (MoÌsoch) supports this form in both passages. “Meshech,†however, is a Japhetic name (), and “Mash†would seem to be the original reading. It is probably to be identified with the Mons Masius of classical writers (Strabo, etc.), on the northern boundary of Mesopotamia.