H4886. mashach

מָשַׁח‎ verb smear, anoint (Late Hebrew id.; originally probably as Arabic wipe orstroke with the hand (compare RS^{Semitic i. 215; 2nd ed., 283}), anoint, Aramaic מְשַׁח‎ anoint; on משת‎, id. (?) in Aramaic inscription see CIS^{ii.1. No.145, C, 1}; Palmyrene משחא‎ oil Vog^No.16; Ethiopic anoint, feast, dine Di^{Lex 176}; (Assyrian mašâ—u is measure; Aramaic מְשַׁח‎ id.; Arabic measurement, compare Dl^{Prol. 178} Frä²⁸²)); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳מ‎ Numbers 3:25 2t.; suffix מְשָֽׁחֲךָ‎ Psalm 45:8; 1 Samuel 10:1; מְשָׁחוֺ‎2 Chronicles 22:7; 2 masculine singular מָשַׁחְתָּ‎ Genesis 31:13 12t., + 9 t. Perfect; Imperfect3masculine singular יִמְשַׁח‎ Leviticus 16:32 6t.; 3 masculine plural יִמְשָׁ֑חוּ‎ Amos 6:6, + 13 t. Imperfect; Imperative suffix מְשָׁחֵהוּ‎ 1 Samuel 16:12; plural מִשְׁחוּ‎ Isaiah 21:5; Infinitive absolute מָשׁוֺחַ‎ Jeremiah 22:14; construct מְשֹׁחַ‎ Judges 9:8; Daniel 9:24 + Hosea 8:3 ᵐ5‎ We GASm Now; מָשְׁחָה‎ Exodus 29:29; suffix מְשׁחֳךָ‎1 Samuel 15:1 (Baer); מָשְׁחוֺ‎ Leviticus 7:36; מָשְׁחָתָם‎ Exodus 40:15; Participle plural משְׁחִים‎ Judges 9:15; passive מָשׁוּחַ‎ 2 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); מָשִׁיחַ‎ 1:21 (but read מָשֻׁח‎ (or נמשׁח‎) Manuscripts We Dr Kit Bu HPS); plural מְשֻׁחִים‎ Exodus 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 כְּלִי‎ weapon anointed; Peters^{JBL 893, 56} מָשׁוּחַ כְּלֵי‎ weapons 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, מֶלֶךְ‎ Judges 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 בְּשֶׁמֶן‎ Psalm 89:21 with my holy oil; שָׂשׂוֺן שׁמן‎ 45:8 (figurative); with על‎, 2 Samuel 19:11 whom we have anointed over us; לְמֶלֶךְ‎ 1 Kings 1:45; 5:15; with לְמֶלֶךְ עַל,‎ Judges 9:15; 2 Samuel 2:4, 7; 1 Kings 19:15; ישׂראל על‎ over 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; אֶליֿשׂראל‎ 2 Kings 9:3, 6, 12 (Ehpraimitic source); לנגיד‎ 1 Chronicles 29:22; על‎ 1 Samuel 9:16; 10:1; מֶלֶךְ מָשׁוּחַ‎ 2 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 הכהנים‎ Numbers 3:3.

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

Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נִמְשַׁח‎ 1 Chronicles 14:8; Infinitive הִמָּשַׁח‎ Leviticus 6:13 3t; — be anointed, ישׂראל כל על למלך‎ 1 Chronicles 14:8; Aaron and his sons Leviticus 6:13 (P); altar Numbers 7:10, 84, 88.

מְשַׁח‎ noun [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.