1 Samuel 16:6:91 Sam.16.6.W9TAB
מְשִׁיחֽוֹ׃
meshikho
“his anointed one”
- Transliteration
- me-shi-KHO
- Extended
- meh-shee-KHOH
- IPA
- /məʃiˈħoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his anointed one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-shi-KHO
- clause
va-yo-MER AKH NE-ged Ye-ho-VAH me-shi-KHO
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-vo-AM va-yar-E et-e-li-AV va-yo-MER AKH NE-ged Ye-ho-VAH me-shi-KHO
Exegesis
The noun meshikho {מְשִׁיחוֹ | mə·šî·ḥō} ‘his anointed one’ invokes Israel’s royal theology.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–shin–chet
“to anoint”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:6
And it happened, when they came, that he saw Eliab and said, “Surely before the LORD stands His anointed one .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 16:6, so the Hebrew word מְשִׁיחֽוֹ׃ (meshikho) 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.16.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.6.W9.S1) and character.