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Meshach

Pronunciation: /ˈmi.ʃæk/

The English word “Meshach” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

  1. Mishael, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.

Etymology

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

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