1 Kings 19:15:101 Kgs.19.15.W10TAB
וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֧
umashakhta
“and you shall anoint”
- Transliteration
- u-ma-SHAKH-ta
- Extended
- oo-mah-SHAKH-tah
- IPA
- /uːmaːˈʃaħtɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall anoint
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ma-SHAKH-ta
- phraseyour reading level
u-ma-SHAKH-ta et-kha-za-EL
- clause
u-va-TA u-ma-SHAKH-ta et-kha-za-EL le-ME-lekh al-a-RAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH e-LAV LEKH SHUV le-dar-KHA mid-ba-RA dam-MA-sek u-va-TA u-ma-SHAKH-ta et-kha-za-EL le-ME-lekh al-a-RAM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive perfect verbs uvata {וּבָאתָ | ū-ḇā-ṯā} and umashachta {וּמָשַׁחְתָּ | ū-mā-šaḥ-ṯā} sequence arrival and the act of anointing.
Root and etymology
m-š-ḥmem–shin–chet
“to anoint”
In context — 1 Kings 19:15
And the LORD said to him, “Go, return by your way to the wilderness toward Damascus, and when you come, you shall anoint Hazael as king over Aram.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 19:15, so the Hebrew word וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֧ (umashakhta) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.19.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.15.W10.S1) and character.