4886. mashach
Lexical Summary
mashach: to smear, anoint
Original Word: מָשַׁח
Transliteration: mashach
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-shakh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to smear, anoint
Meaning: to rub with oil, to anoint, to consecrate, to paint
Strong's Concordance
anoint, paint

A primitive root; to rub with oil, i.e. To anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint -- anoint, paint.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4886. mashach

מָשַׁחverb smear, anoint (Late Hebrew id.; originally probably as Arabic wipe orstroke with the hand (compare RSSemitic i. 215; 2nd ed., 283), anoint, Aramaic מְשַׁחanoint; on משת‎, id. (?) in Aramaic inscription see CISii.1. No.145, C, 1; Palmyrene משחאoil VogNo.16; Ethiopic anoint, feast, dine DiLex 176; (Assyrian mašâ—u is measure; Aramaic מְשַׁחid.; Arabic measurement, compare DlProl. 178 Frä282)); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳מNumbers 3:25 2t.; suffix מְשָֽׁחֲךָPsalm 45:8; 1 Samuel 10:1; מְשָׁחוֺ2 Chronicles 22:7; 2 masculine singular מָשַׁחְתָּGenesis 31:13 12t., + 9 t. Perfect; Imperfect3masculine singular יִמְשַׁחLeviticus 16:32 6t.; 3 masculine plural יִמְשָׁ֑חוּAmos 6:6, + 13 t. Imperfect; Imperative suffix מְשָׁחֵהוּ1 Samuel 16:12; plural מִשְׁחוּIsaiah 21:5; Infinitive absolute מָשׁוֺחַJeremiah 22:14; construct מְשֹׁחַJudges 9:8; Daniel 9:24 + Hosea 8:3 ᵐ5‎ We GASm Now; מָשְׁחָהExodus 29:29; suffix מְשׁחֳךָ1 Samuel 15:1 (Baer); מָשְׁחוֺLeviticus 7:36; מָשְׁחָתָםExodus 40:15; Participle plural משְׁחִיםJudges 9:15; passive מָשׁוּחַ2 Samuel 3:39 (We suggests derivation from שׁח‎, defective משׁח‎ (מֻשַׁח‎), wrongly read as מָשֻׁחַ‎; or by transposition משׁוח‎ may have been mistaken for an unexampled מוּשַׁח‎ Hoph`al Participle of שׁוח‎); מָשִׁיחַ1:21 (but read מָשֻׁח‎ (or נמשׁח‎) Manuscripts We Dr Kit Bu HPS); plural מְשֻׁחִיםExodus 29:2 4t; —

1 smear, house with colour (paint) Jeremiah 22:14; shield with oil (anoint) Isaiah 21:5; 2 Samuel 1:21 (compare Dr; Gr מָשׁוּחַ כְּלִיweapon anointed; PetersJBL 893, 56 מָשׁוּחַ כְּלֵיweapons of one (the king) anointed); the person, with ointments Amos 6:6; unleavened cakes, with oil Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 2:4; Numbers 6:15 (P).

2 anoint, as consecration, solemn setting apart to an office, always by the use of oil poured on the head: לנביא‎ as a prophet 1 Kings 19:16 (Elisha by Elijah) Isaiah 61:1; elsewhere of king, with accusative, מֶלֶךְJudges 9:8 (E), so Hosea 8:3 reading מֶלֶךְ מִמְּשֹׁחַ‎ (for מ ׳מִמַּשָּׂא ᵑ0‎) We GASm Now; also 7:3 reading יִמְשְׁחוּ‎ (for יְשַׂמְּחוּ ᵑ0‎) We Now; elsewhere accusative of person 1 Samuel 16:3, 12, 13; 1 Kings 1:39; 2 Kings 11:12; 23:30; 2 Chronicles 22:7; 23:11; קָדְשִׁי בְּשֶׁמֶןPsalm 89:21 with my holy oil; שָׂשׂוֺן שׁמן45:8 (figurative); with על‎, 2 Samuel 19:11 whom we have anointed over us; לְמֶלֶךְ1 Kings 1:45; 5:15; with לְמֶלֶךְ עַל,Judges 9:15; 2 Samuel 2:4, 7; 1 Kings 19:15; ישׂראל עלover Israel 1 Samuel 15:1, 17; 2 Samuel 5:3 = 1 Chronicles 11:3; 2 Samuel 5:17; 12:7; 1 Kings 1:34; 19:16; אֶליֿשׂראל2 Kings 9:3, 6, 12 (Ehpraimitic source); לנגיד1 Chronicles 29:22; על1 Samuel 9:16; 10:1; מֶלֶךְ מָשׁוּחַ2 Samuel 3:39 (? see above)

3 anoint, consecrate to religious service:

a. Aaronic priests, only P, with accusative of person Exodus 28:41; 29:7; 30:30; 40:13, 15 (3 t. in verse); Leviticus 7:36; 8:12; 16:32; absolute Exodus 29:29; הַמְּשֻׁחִים הכהניםNumbers 3:3.

b. sacred things: מַצֵּבָהGenesis 31:13 (E); tabernacle and its sacred vessels Exodus 29:36; 30:26; 40:9-10, 11; Leviticus 8:10-11, (all P); קדשׁים קדשׁDaniel 9:24.

Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נִמְשַׁח1 Chronicles 14:8; Infinitive הִמָּשַׁחLeviticus 6:13 3t; — be anointed, ישׂראל כל על למלך1 Chronicles 14:8; Aaron and his sons Leviticus 6:13 (P); altar Numbers 7:10, 84, 88.

מְשַׁחnoun [masculine] oil (see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute Ezra 6:9; 7:22.

[מִשְׁכַּב‎] see שׁכב‎. [מִשְׁכַּן‎] see שׁכן‎.

[מַשְׁרוֺקִית‎] see שׁרק‎. [מִשְׁתֶּה‎] see שׁתּה‎.

[מַתְּנָא‎] see נתן‎.








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