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  • From: "Joel Stucki" <joel AT stucki.ws>
  • To: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Mashiax/Christos
  • Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:07:08 -0700

On 8/30/06, Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il> wrote:
Excellent idea. So what DOES the Tanakh mean when it uses the word Mashiax.
We have already established that the word derives from M$X, which in Aramaic
is the regular word for "oil" - in Hebrew it seems to mean the act of
smearing or pouring shemen (oil). This, as we know, was done as part of the
"consecration" (I use the term lightly) of a high priest (cf. Leviticus 7-8
etc.) and of a king. As such, the "mashiax", or "anointed one", is the
acting high priest (Lev. 4:3, 5, 16 etc.) or the reigning king - including,
as Liz has pointed out, Cyrus in Isaiah 45:1.

Also in at least one case it refers to the anointing of a prophet as
well 1 Kings 19:16.

Joel Stucki




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