מָשַׁח I (b. h.) to stroke, smear; esp. to anoint; to install in office by anointing. Ker. 5ᵇ מושְׁחִין את המלכים כמין נזר וכ׳ in anointing kings you draw the figure of a crown with the oil on your finger &c., v. כי. Ib. אין מושחין מלך וכ׳ a king succeeding his father is not anointed; a. v. fr.—Part. pass. מָשׁוּחַ, pl. מְשׁוּחִים, מְשׁוּחִין. כהן מ׳ a high priest installed with the ceremony of anointing, contrad. to מרובה בגדים, v. מְרוּבֶּה. Hor. III, 4; Meg. I, 9 אין כין כהן מ׳ בשמן וכ׳ there is no difference between the anointed and the unanointed high priest except &c. Sifré Tsav, Par. 3, ch. V; a. fr., v. מָשִׁיחַ.—מְשׁוּחַ מלחמה the priest anointed as the chaplain of the army. Yoma 72ᵇ; a. fr., v. מָשִׁיחַ.—Pesik. R. s. 8 מ׳ מלחמה, v. מָשִׁיחַ end. Hor. 12ᵃ, v. יָמַן. Ib. 11ᵇ מלכי בית דוד מ׳ וכ׳ the kings of the house of David are anointed kings, those of Israel are not installed by anointment; a. fr.
Nif. - נִמְשַׁח to be anointed. Ib. יהוא לא נ׳ וכ׳ Jehu would not have been anointed but for the contest of Joram’s followers. Ib. וממנו היה נִמְשָׁח המשכן וכ׳ with that oil (prepared by Moses) were anointed the Tabernacle &c.; Y. Sot. VIII, 22ᶜ. Num. R. s. 12 עד שנִמְשְׁחוּ כולם until all the vessels were anointed; a. fr.