Genesis 10:23 names him as a son of Aram, and brother of Uts (ע֥וּץ), Chul (ח֖וּל) and Geter (גֶ֥תֶר), in the family of Shem; which is to say an Aramaean people of Ashur (Assyria) or Mesopotamia; possibly the inhabitants of Mount Masius, north of Nesileis in the Gordian Mountains of Syria, now known as Karja Baghlar.
However 1 Chronicles 1:17 gives the sons of Shem as Eylam, Ashur, Arphachshad, Lud and Aram, exactly as Genesis 10:23 does, but then makes Uts, Chul, Geter and Meshech (מֶשֶׁךְ) additional sons of Shem, rather than specifically sons of Aram.
There is also a Mesha (משא) which, given that the Aramaic often has an Aleph (א) ending which is absent in the Yehudit, may well be the same place. This one is mentioned in Genesis 10:30.
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