Togarmah (תֹּגַרְמָה) is the third son of Gomer and grandson of Yefet. Ancient sources associate Togarmah with the Tegarama mentioned in Hittite records — a people of eastern Anatolia. Armenian tradition identifies Togarmah (called Torkom or Hayk in Armenian sources) as the legendary ancestor of the Armenian nation. The name survives in some form in both Armenian national mythology and in Turkish folk etymology.
Ezekiel provides two key references. In Ezekiel 27:14, "the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses, war horses, and mules" — placing Togarmah as a significant supplier of horses to the merchants of Tyre. Horse-trading was an economically and militarily critical function in the ancient world, and Togarmah's identification as a northern horse nation fits both its Caucasian geography and the mounted culture of the steppe peoples.
In Ezekiel 38:6, "the house of Togarmah from the far north with all its troops" is listed among the nations joining Gog's coalition against Israel in the end-time battle. The phrase "from the far north" (from the most remote parts of the north) places Togarmah at the outer edge of the known world — consistent with its Caucasian location relative to Israel. Togarmah thus appears in both Ezekiel's commercial and eschatological visions as a significant northern people.
