מָשַׁח mâshach — to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint
Translated in the KJV as anoint, paint.
a primitive root; to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint.
mâshach in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 16Wayyiqtol 16Sequential perfect (weqatal) 13Participle (passive) 6Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Infinitive construct 4Imperative 2Participle (active) 1Infinitive absolute 1
I am the God of Beth–el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
Niph'al
Infinitive construct 4Perfect (qatal) 1
The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.
This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›