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tyolilums wrote:

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David states God annointed him.

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ty,

Although you posted this more than two months ago (17th June), I must have missed it because I would certainly have replied at the time had I noticed it then. You were referring to chapter 23 of T'hillim (verse 5). Now even though the Judaica Press translation uses the verb anoint in that verse, and in spite of Rashi who explains this as a comment addressed by David to God "I have already been anointed king by Your orders", the verb used is in fact דִּשַּׁנְתָּ, a binyan pi'él inflection of the root דשן which has the meaning of "to fatten" (compare T'hillim 92:15 ע֖וֹד יְנוּב֣וּן בְּשֵׂיבָ֑ה דְּשֵׁנִ֖ים וְרַֽעֲנַנִּ֣ים יִֽהְיֽוּ׃ "They will still grow in old age; fat and fresh will they be"). The significance of this word in the context of T'hillim 23:5 is linked to the tendency of hair to become "fat" (i.e. "thick") when saturated with oil, but nevertheless it is not the root משח that is associated with the "anointing oil" and with "messiahs".