Numbers 18:8:14Num.18.8.W14TAB
לְמָשְׁחָ֛ה
lemashkha
“as an anointment”
- Transliteration
- le-mash-KHA
- Extended
- leh-mash-KHAH
- IPA
- /ləməʃˈxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- as an anointment
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
le-mash-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
le-KHOL-kad-SHEI bnei-yis-ra-EL le-KHA ne-ta-TIM le-mash-KHA
- clause
le-KHOL-kad-SHEI bnei-yis-ra-EL le-KHA ne-ta-TIM le-mash-KHA ul-va-NE-kha le-KHAK-o-LAM
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-a-ha-RON va-a-NI hi-NEH na-ta-TI le-KHA et-mish-ME-ret te-ru-mo-TAI le-KHOL-kad-SHEI bnei-yis-ra-EL le-KHA ne-ta-TIM le-mash-KHA ul-va-NE-kha le-KHAK-o-LAM
Exegesis
The repetition of netatim {נְתַתִּים | nə-ṯa-ṯîm} ‘I have given them’ emphasizes divine bestowal, while lemashcha {לְמָשְׁחָה | lə-mā-šā-ḥā} ‘priestly due’ marks the hereditary entitlement for the consecrated priesthood.
Root and etymology
מ׳שׁ׳ח
“to anoint”
In context — Numbers 18:8
And the LORD spoke to Aaron, “And I—behold—I have given to you the responsibility over My offerings, for all the holy things of the sons of Israel; to you I have given them as your portion and to your sons as an everlasting statute.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 18:8, so the Hebrew word לְמָשְׁחָ֛ה (lemashkha) 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 Num.18.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.8.W14.S1) and character.