Etymology

Meshach

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Today it means: Mishael, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed. Full definition →

Biblical Hebrew מישך ← Iranian ← Proto-Iranian *mayšáh
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  1. Proto-Iranian · derived from*mayšáh“sheep, ram”
  2. Iranian · derived from
  3. Biblical Hebrew · derived fromמישך
  4. English todayMeshach

From Biblical Hebrew מישך (myšk /⁠mēšak⁠/), from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *mayšáh (“sheep, ram”) with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.

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