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title: מִשְׁחָה — unction · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִשְׁחָה (4888), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: unction. BDB 1906: n.f. ointment consecrated portion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִשְׁחָה

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«מִשְׁחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **unction** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 22 times · **Key:** 4888 · **BDB:** מִשְׁחָה

### Glosses

anointing (16); of.anointing (3); of.(the).anointing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

unction [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4888/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. ointment consecrated portion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4888/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. 1. ointment; 2. consecrated portion;—abs. מ׳ Ex 25:6 +; cstr. מִשְׁחַת Ex 30:25 +;— ointment, the holy oil used in the consecration of the Aaronic priests, only in P; שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה Ex 25:6; 29:7, 21; 31:11; 35:8, 15, 28; 37:29; 39:38; 40:9; Lv 8:2, 10, 12, 30; 21:10; Nu 4:16; שׁ׳ מִשְׁחַת קֹדֶשׁ Ex 30:25(×2), 31; שׁ׳ מ׳ יהוה Lv 10:7; שׁ׳ מ׳ אֱלֹהָיו 21:21. consecrated portion, of Aaron and his sons Lv 7:35(×2) (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִשְׁחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4888/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 25:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.6/)

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שֶׁ֖מֶן לַמָּאֹ֑ר בְּשָׂמִים֙ לְשֶׁ֣מֶן הַמִּשְׁחָ֔ה וְלִקְטֹ֖רֶת הַסַּמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* oil for the light spices for the.oil of the.anointing and for the.incense of the.perfume(s)

*JPS 1917:* oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense;

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[Exodus 29:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.29.7/)

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וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֙ אֶת־שֶׁ֣מֶן הַמִּשְׁחָ֔ה וְיָצַקְתָּ֖ עַל־רֹאשׁ֑וֹ וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֖ אֹתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.take (et) the.oil of.(the) anointing and you.will.pour.\[it\] on head his and you.will.anoint him

*JPS 1917:* Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

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