1 Kings 19:16:41 Kgs.19.16.W4TAB
תִּמְשַׁ֥ח
timshakh
“you shall anoint”
- Transliteration
- tim-SHAKH
- Extended
- tihm-SHAKH
- IPA
- /θimˈʃaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall anoint
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tim-SHAKH
- phraseyour reading level
tim-SHAKH le-ME-lekh
- clause
ve-ET ye-HU ven-NIM-she tim-SHAKH le-ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-ET ye-HU ven-NIM-she tim-SHAKH le-ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL ve-et-e-li-SHA ben-sha-FAT me-a-VEL me-kho-LA tim-SHAKH le-na-VI ta-KHTE-kha
Exegesis
The verse begins with ve’et {וְאֵת֙ | wə-ʾēṯ}, the conjunction plus direct object marker, introducing Jehu ben-Nimshi as the object of the Qal imperfect verb timshach {תִּמְשַׁח | tim-šā-ḥ}.
Root and etymology
m-š-ḥ
“to anoint”
In context — 1 Kings 19:16
And you shall anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel, and you shall anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah as prophet in your place .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 19:16, so the Hebrew word תִּמְשַׁ֥ח (timshakh) 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.19.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.16.W4.S1) and character.