mishcha · anointing, portion

What it means

mishcha (מִשְׁחָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “anointing, portion”.

Anointing: pouring oil on someone or something to set it apart for God. Also a portion (the share given to the priests).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The oil poured on someone to set them apart for God.
2. The part of the offering that belongs to the priests.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• anointing ×22
• portion ×3
• be anointed ×1

Where it appears

• Exodus×15
• Leviticus×9
• Numbers×2

• Exodus 25:6

  oil for the light, spices for the oil of anointing and for the fragrant incense;

• Exodus 29:7

  Then you shall take the oil of anointing and pour it on his head and anoint him.

• Exodus 29:21

  You shall take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the oil of anointing and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments, and on his sons and on the garments of his sons with him; and he shall be holy, and his garments, and his sons and the garments of his sons with him.

• Exodus 29:29

  The holy garments that are Aaron's shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them and to be ordained in them.

• Exodus 30:25

  You shall make of it a holy anointing oil, a blended mixture, the work of a perfumer; a holy anointing oil it shall be.

• Exodus 30:31

  And to the sons of Israel you shall speak, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil for me throughout your generations.

• Exodus 31:11

  and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you they shall do.”

• Exodus 35:8

  and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense;

• Exodus 35:15

  and the altar of incense and its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen of the entrance for the entrance of the dwelling;

• Exodus 35:28

  and the spice and the oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

• Exodus 37:29

  And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.

• Exodus 39:38

  and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense, and the screen of the entrance of the tent;

• Exodus 40:9

  And you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the dwelling and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its utensils; and it shall be holy.

• Exodus 40:15

  And you shall anoint them as you anointed their father, so that they may serve as priests to me; and their anointing shall be for them for an eternal priesthood throughout their generations.”

• Leviticus 7:35

  This is the portion of Aaron and the portion of his sons from the fire offerings of YHWH, on the day he brought them near to serve as priests to YHWH,

• Leviticus 8:2

  “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the oil of anointing, and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,

• Leviticus 8:10

  Moses took the oil of anointing and anointed the dwelling and all that was in it, and consecrated them.

• Leviticus 8:12

  He poured some of the oil of anointing on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate him.

• Leviticus 8:30

  Moses took some of the oil of anointing and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons and on his sons’ garments with him; so he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

• Leviticus 10:7

  And from the entrance of the tent of meeting you shall not go out, lest you die, for the oil of anointing of YHWH is on you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.

• Leviticus 21:10

  And the priest who is high among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been ordained to wear the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose and shall not tear his garments.

• Leviticus 21:12

  And he shall not go out from the sanctuary, and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his Elohim, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his Elohim is on him. I am YHWH.

• Numbers 4:16

  And the oversight of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the light, and the fragrant incense, and the continual grain offering, and the anointing oil, the oversight of the whole dwelling and of all that is in it, in the Holy Place and in its utensils.”

• Numbers 18:8

  And YHWH spoke to Aaron, “And I, look, I have given you the charge of my contributions, of all the holy things of the sons of Israel; I have given them to you as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual due.

And 2 more times.