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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fortuna11111" <fortuna11111@...> wrote:
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:
> > A link with Mosech/Mosoch/Mesech, Noah's grandson?
> >
> > Joao SL
> >
>
>
> Hi Joao,
>
> Never thought of Moses.
No, Meshech (etc.), brother of Javan (i.e. the Greeks) and son of
Japheth (Genesis 10 ii). Many generations before Moses! As the 'ch'
is simply 'softened' (i.e. fricativised) /k/, it doesn't seem plausible.
Although the traditional text has Méshech, the Septaguint has _MosokH_
and some Samaritan manuscripts have _mws^k_. Another brother is
_Tiras_, and I expect some interpret this as 'Tyrrhenian'.
Richard.