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title: מָשִׁיחַ — anointed · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָשִׁיחַ (4899), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 38 times: anointed. BDB 1906: n.m. anointed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָשִׁיחַ

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«מָשִׁיחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **anointed** — 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:** 38 times · **Key:** 4899 · **BDB:** מָשִׁיחַ

### Glosses

the.\[one\].anointed (10); his (8); anointed (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

anointed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4899/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. anointed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4899/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. anointed;—abs. מ׳ Lv 4:3 + 5 times; cstr. מְשִׁיחַ La 4:20 + 11 times; sf. מְשִׁיחִי ψ 132:17 1 S 2:35; מְשִׁיחֶ֑ךָ Hb 3:13 + 5 times; מְשִׁיחוֹ ψ 2:2 + 9 times; pl. sf. מְשִׁיחָ֑י 105:15 1 Ch 16:22;— king of Israel anointed by divine command, מ׳ יהוה 1 S 24:7(×2), 11; 26:9, 11, 16, 23 2 S 1:14, 16; 19:22; La 4:20; מ׳ אלהי יעקב 2 S 23:1; so c. sfs. ref. to י׳, 1 S 12:3, 5; 16:6 ψ 20:7; 28:8; Hb 3:13; Davidic dynasty with Messianic ideals attached ψ 2:2; 18:51, = 2 S 22:51, ψ 89:39, 52; 132:10 = 2 Ch 6:42, ψ 132:17; 1 S 2:10, 35. high priest of Israel, הַכֹּהֵן הַמָּשִׁיחַ, Lv 4:3, 5, 16; 6:15 (P); מְשִׁיהֶ֑ךָ ψ 84:10. Cyrus as commissioned by י׳, מְשִׁיחוֹ Is 45:1. Messianic prince, עַד־מָשִׁיחַ נָגִיד Dn 9:25 = מָשִׁיחַ v 26 (see BrMP 422 f.; others disting. מ׳ v 25 from v 26 and refer v 25 to Cyrus \[as 3; so Ew v. Leng Schü Co Behrm\], or h. p. Joshua \[as 2; so Gr Bev\], v 26 to Seleucus iv \[Ew v. Leng\], or h.p. Onias iii. \[Hi Gr Co Bev Behrm\]). patriarchs, regarded as anointed kings ψ 105:15 = 1 Ch 16:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 37 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָשִׁיחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4899/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 84:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.84.10/)

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מָ֭גִנֵּנוּ רְאֵ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְ֝הַבֵּ֗ט פְּנֵ֣י מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* shield our look.at O.God and pay.attention.to the.face of your.anointed

*JPS 1917:* Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of Thine anointed.

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[Psalms 89:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.39/)

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וְאַתָּ֣ה זָ֭נַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאָ֑ס הִ֝תְעַבַּ֗רְתָּ עִם־מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and you you.have.spurned and you.have.rejected you.have.been.furious with your anointed

*JPS 1917:* But Thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed.

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