1 Samuel 16:3:81 Sam.16.3.W8TAB
וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֣
umashakhta
“and you shall anoint”
- Transliteration
- u-ma-SHAKH-ta
- Extended
- oo-mah-SHAKH-tah
- IPA
- /uːmaːˈʃaħtɔ/
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 LI
- clause
ve-a-no-KHI o-di-a-KHA ET a-sher-ta-a-SE u-ma-SHAKH-ta LI ET a-sher-o-MAR e-LE-kha
- sentence
ve-ka-RA-ta le-yi-SHAI ba-za-VAKH ve-a-no-KHI o-di-a-KHA ET a-sher-ta-a-SE u-ma-SHAKH-ta LI ET a-sher-o-MAR e-LE-kha
Exegesis
The conjunction ū-mā-šāḥ-tā {וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֣ | ū-mā-šāḥ-tā} ‘and you shall anoint’ links the second directive paratactically.
Root and etymology
RootMem–Shin–Chet
“to anoint, consecrate”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:3
And you shall call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will make known to you what you are to do. And you shall anoint the one whom I will declare to you.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 16:3, so the Hebrew word וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֣ (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 Sam.16.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.3.W8.S1) and character.