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# vial

«vial» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A small bottle for holding oil or liquid** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A small bottle for holding oil or liquid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vial/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is the small flask of oil used to anoint a new king, as Samuel did for Saul and a prophet's student did for Jehu. Interpretation: Anointing with oil shows that God has chosen a king, and the word Messiah means anointed one.

### examples

- Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say: Thus saith the LORD: I have anointed thee king over Israel. (Prophets 2KI.9.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vial/#x1)
- Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said: 'Is it not that the LORD hath anointed thee to be prince over His inheritance? (Prophets 1SA.10.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vial/#x2)
- And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said unto him: 'Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead. (Prophets 2KI.9.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vial/#x3)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vial» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vial/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.