משיח

Hebrew

Root
מ־שׁ־ח (m-sh-kh)
3 terms

Etymology

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]

1. anointed

Noun

מָשִׁיחַ • (mashíakh) m [pattern: קָטִיל]

1. (Abrahamism) messiah

Derived terms

• הַמָּשִׁיחַ (hamashíakh)

References

• H4899 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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)

1. (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).