מָשִׁיחַ

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.