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Exodus 40:15
“And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H4886 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- anoint, paint.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מָשַׁחְתָּ֣ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 69 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:13Exodus 28:41Exodus 29:2Exodus 29:7Exodus 29:36
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָשַׁח here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.