{"def":{"lit":"drawing out","short":"Meshek, a son of Japheth, and the people descended from him","long":["son of Japheth, grandson of Noah, and progenitor of peoples to the north of Israel",["descendants of Mesech often mentioned in connection with Tubal, Magog, and other northern nations including the Moschi, a people on the borders of Colchis and Armenia"]]},"deriv":"the same in form as H4901, but probably of foreign derivation","pronun":{"ipa":"mɛˈʃɛk","ipa_mod":"mɛˈʃɛχ","sbl":"mešek","dic":"meh-SHEK","dic_mod":"meh-SHEK"}}