[GarySpFc]

I haven't read any of this work, but I have read the biblical prophecy about Gog & Megog in Ezekial.

There is only one "outdated" lexicon which interprets Gog as Russia, and that is Gesenius.

Some have interpreted the Hebrew word 'rosh' in Ezekiel 38:3, which is translated 'chief', to be a reference to Russia. In the Massoretic text the words 'chief prince' carry the accents Tiphha and Zaqeph-gadol.

The Tiphha appears under the resh of the Hebrew word 'rosh'; the Zaqeph-gadol appears on top of the sin of the Hebrew word 'nish'.

The Tiphha to the right, underneath the initial consonant of the word 'rosh', or chief, is prepositive and does not mark the tone syllable. See Kautsch and Cowley's *Grammar*, page 61 item 9.

The word 'nish' or prince has the accent Zaqeph-gadol which is disjunctive and indicates a pause. See Kautsch and Cowley's *Grammar*, page 60 item 4b.

So Ezekiel 38:3 should be read as follows: "Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the prince, {pause} chief of Meshech and Tubal:" Rosh is not Russia.

[American in Israel]

I guess the big question is then where is Meshesh and Tubal?

[M. Espinola]

"So Ezekiel 38:3 should be read as follows: "Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the prince, {pause} chief of Meshech and Tubal:" Rosh is not Russia."

If Rosh is not Russia, the same nation to the north assisting the 'Persians' with nuclear weapons know how, just what is Rosh, Tasmania? Come on..

Since that little sob Ahmadinejad has clearly stated Iran's intent to "wipe Israel off the map", I wonder if Putin will extract all his military 'advisor's' diligently working in Iran, or will Col Putin add thousand more?

Maybe the Iranians or their Russkie nuclear assistants will goof up resulting in ......

.....This, which would do the civilized world a big favour. (plus save ammo!)