מָשַׁח

H4886. mashach
מָשַׁח verb smear, anoint (Late Hebrew id.; originally probably as Arabic wipe orstroke with the hand (compare RSSemitic i. 215; 2nd ed., 283), anoint, Aramaic מְשַׁח anoint; on משת, id. (?) in Aramaic inscription see CISii.1. No.145, C, 1; Palmyrene משחא oil VogNo.16; Ethiopic anoint, feast, dine DiLex 176; (Assyrian mašâ—u is measure; Aramaic מְשַׁח id.; Arabic measurement, compare DlProl. 178 Frä282)); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳מ Num 3:25 Num 3:2t.; suffix מְשָֽׁחֲךָ Psa 45:8; 1Sa 10:1; מְשָׁחוֺ2Ch 22:7; 2Ch 22:2 masculine singular מָשַׁחְתָּ Gen 31:13 Gen 31:12t., + 9 t. Perfect; Imperfect3masculine singular יִמְשַׁח Lev 16:32 Lev 16:6t.; 3 masculine plural יִמְשָׁ֑חוּ Amo 6:6, + 13 t. Imperfect; Imperative suffix מְשָׁחֵהוּ 1Sa 16:12; plural מִשְׁחוּ Isa 21:5; Infinitive absolute מָשׁוֺחַ Jer 22:14; construct מְשֹׁחַ Jdg 9:8; Dan 9:24 + Hos 8:3 ᵐ5 We GASm Now; מָשְׁחָה Exo 29:29; suffix מְשׁחֳךָ1Sa 15:1 (Baer); מָשְׁחוֺ Lev 7:36; מָשְׁחָתָם Exo 40:15; Participle plural משְׁחִים Jdg 9:15; passive מָשׁוּחַ 2Sa 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 2Sa 1:21 (but read מָשֻׁח (or נמשׁח) Manuscripts We Dr Kit Bu HPS); plural מְשֻׁחִים Exo 29:2 Exo 29:4t; —
1 smear, house with colour (paint) Jer 22:14; shield with oil (anoint) Isa 21:5; 2Sa 1:21 (compare Dr; Gr מָשׁוּחַ כְּלִי weapon anointed; PetersJBL 893, 56 מָשׁוּחַ כְּלֵי weapons of one (the king) anointed); the person, with ointments Amo 6:6; unleavened cakes, with oil Exo 29:2; Lev 2:4; Num 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 1Ki 19:16 (Elisha by Elijah) Isa 61:1; elsewhere of king, with accusative, מֶלֶךְ Jdg 9:8 (E), so Hos 8:3 reading מֶלֶךְ מִמְּשֹׁחַ (for מ ׳מִמַּשָּׂא ᵑ0) We GASm Now; also Hos 7:3 reading יִמְשְׁחוּ (for יְשַׂמְּחוּ ᵑ0) We Now; elsewhere accusative of person 1Sa 16:3, 1Sa 16:12, 1Sa 16:13; 1Ki 1:39; 2Ki 11:12; 2Ki 23:30; 2Ch 22:7; 2Ch 23:11; קָדְשִׁי בְּשֶׁמֶן Psa 89:21 with my holy oil; שָׂשׂוֺן שׁמן Psa 45:8 (figurative); with על, 2Sa 19:11 whom we have anointed over us; לְמֶלֶךְ 1Ki 1:45; 1Ki 5:15; with לְמֶלֶךְ עַל, Jdg 9:15; 2Sa 2:4, 2Sa 2:7; 1Ki 19:15; ישׂראל על over Israel 1Sa 15:1, 1Sa 15:17; 2Sa 5:3 = 1Ch 11:3; 2Sa 5:17; 2Sa 12:7; 1Ki 1:34; 1Ki 19:16; אֶליֿשׂראל 2Ki 9:3, 2Ki 9:6, 2Ki 9:12 (Ehpraimitic source); לנגיד 1Ch 29:22; על 1Sa 9:16; 1Sa 10:1; מֶלֶךְ מָשׁוּחַ 2Sa 3:39 (? see above)
3 anoint, consecrate to religious service:
a. Aaronic priests, only P, with accusative of person Exo 28:41; Exo 29:7; Exo 30:30; Exo 40:13, Exo 40:15 (3 t. in verse); Lev 7:36; Lev 8:12; Lev 16:32; absolute Exo 29:29; הַמְּשֻׁחִים הכהנים Num 3:3.
b. sacred things: מַצֵּבָה Gen 31:13 (E); tabernacle and its sacred vessels Exo 29:36; Exo 30:26; Exo 40:9-10, Exo 40:11; Lev 8:10-11, (all P); קדשׁים קדשׁ Dan 9:24.
Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נִמְשַׁח 1Ch 14:8; Infinitive הִמָּשַׁח Lev 6:13 Lev 6:3t; — be anointed, ישׂראל כל על למלך 1Ch 14:8; Aaron and his sons Lev 6:13 (P); altar Num 7:10, Num 7:84, Num 7:88.
מְשַׁח noun [masculine] oil (see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute Ezr 6:9; Ezr 7:22.
[מִשְׁכַּב] see שׁכב. [מִשְׁכַּן] see שׁכן.
[מַשְׁרוֺקִית] see שׁרק. [מִשְׁתֶּה] see שׁתּה.
[מַתְּנָא] see נתן.