משיח

Hebrew

Root
מ־שׁ־ח (m-sh-kh)
3 terms

Etymology

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Hebrew מָשַׁח

Hebrew משיח

Past participle of מָשַׁח (mashákh, “to anoint”). Cognate with Aramaic מְשִׁיחָא (m'šīḥāʾ), Classical Syriac ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʾ), Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ).

Pronunciation

(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /maːˈʃiːħ/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /mɔːˈʃiːħ/ [mɔːˈʃiː.jaħ], [mɔːˈʃiɟ.ɟaħ]
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /mɔˈʃiħ/ [mɔːˈʃij.jæħ]
(Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /maˈʃi.aχ/ (West), /maˈʃij.jaħ/ (East)
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /mɔˈʃi.aχ/
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /maˈʃi.aχ/
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Adjective

מָשִׁיחַ • (mashíakh) (feminine מְשִׁיחָה, masculine plural מְשִׁיחִים, feminine plural מְשִׁיחוֹת) [pattern: קָטִיל]

anointed

Noun

מָשִׁיחַ • (mashíakh) m [pattern: קָטִיל]

(Abrahamism) messiah

Declension

Declension of **מָשִׁיחַ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
Number:	State:	form	Person:	m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	מָשִׁיחַ	first	מְשִׁיחִי		מְשִׁיחֵנוּ
	definite	הַמָּשִׁיחַ	second	מְשִׁיחֲךָ	מְשִׁיחֵךְ	מְשִׁיחֲכֶם	מְשִׁיחֲכֶן
	construct	מְשִׁיחַ־	third	מְשִׁיחוֹ	מְשִׁיחָהּ	מְשִׁיחָם	מְשִׁיחָן
plural	indefinite	מְשִׁיחִים	first	משיחיי / מְשִׁיחַי		מְשִׁיחֵינוּ
	definite	הַמְּשִׁיחִים	second	מְשִׁיחֶיךָ	משיחייך / מְשִׁיחַיִךְ	מְשִׁיחֵיכֶם	מְשִׁיחֵיכֶן
	construct	מְשִׁיחֵי־	third	מְשִׁיחָיו	מְשִׁיחֶיהָ	מְשִׁיחֵיהֶם	מְשִׁיחֵיהֶן

Derived terms

הַמָּשִׁיחַ (hamashíakh)

References

H4899 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
"משיח" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

משיח on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mashíakh, “messiah; anointed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔˈʃiəχ/

Noun

משיח • (moshiekh) m, plural משיחים (meshikhem)

(Abrahamism) messiah

Usage notes

This is treated as a proper noun in Yiddish, and thus may inflect for the accusative and dative, becoming משיחן (moshiekhn).

Derived terms

משיחיש (meshikhish)