Leviticus 8:2:8Lev.8.2.W8TAB
שֶׁ֣מֶן הַמִּשְׁחָ֑ה
shemen hamishkhah
“oil of the anointing”
- Transliteration
- SHE-men ha-mish-KHAH
- Extended
- SHEH-men hah-mish-KHAA
- IPA
- /ˈʃɛ.mɛn.ham.miʃˈħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- oil of the anointing
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHE-men ha-mish-KHAH
- clause
KAKH ET-a-ha-RON ve-ET-ba-NAW it-TO ve-ET ha-be-ga-DIM ve-ET SHE-men ha-mish-KHAH
- sentence
KAKH ET-a-ha-RON ve-ET-ba-NAW it-TO ve-ET ha-be-ga-DIM ve-ET SHE-men ha-mish-KHAH ve-ET PAR ha-kha-TAT ha-kha-TAT ve-ET she-NEE ha-EI-LIM ve-ET SAL ha-mat-TSOT
Exegesis
Definite noun constructs such as ha-begadim {הַבְּגָדִ֔ים | habbəgādîm} ‘the garments’ and ha-mishchah {הַמִּשְׁחָ֑ה | hammīšḥāh} ‘the anointing’ mark consecration elements.
Root and etymology
Rootš-m-n
“fat, oil”
In context — Leviticus 8:2
Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil , and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened breads.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 8:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 8:2, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֣מֶן הַמִּשְׁחָ֑ה (shemen hamishkhah) 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 Lev.8.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.8.2.W8.S1) and character.