H4842 H4842
Ointment mixture or the compounding of perfumed oils and spices
This term relates to the skilled blending of aromatic ingredients into ointment or perfume. Exodus uses it for the sacred anointing oil compounded 'as the work of a perfumer.' Chronicles mentions those who specialized in this work, the 'compounders of the ointment.' When King Asa died, he was buried 'in a compound of spices'—likely an ointment-pot or bed of mixed aromatics. The emphasis is on skilled mixture-making, the art of blending multiple ingredients into a unified fragrant substance.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Ointment compound or the act of blending perfumed oils. Exodus 30:25 commands making holy anointing oil 'compounded according to the art of the perfumer'—a skilled blending of spices and oil. First Chronicles 9:30 notes 'some of the sons of the priests compounded the ointment'—those who specialized in mixing sacred perfumes. Second Chronicles 16:14 describes Asa's burial 'in a bed filled with spices and various kinds of compound'—likely an ointment mixture or perfumed bier. The French/Spanish 'mezcla' and 'compounding' emphasize the mixing process. 3×
AR["المِرْهَم", "بِ-صِنَاعَةِ", "مُرَكَّباً"]·ben["মিশ্রণে", "মিশ্রণের", "মিশ্রিত"]·DE["[במרקחת]", "[המרקחת]", "compounding"]·EN["compounding", "in-compound-of", "the-ointment"]·FR["[במרקחת]", "[המרקחת]", "compounding"]·heb["ב-מרקחת", "ה-מרקחת", "מרקחת"]·HI["-का-मिश्रण", "ब-इत्र", "मिलावट"]·ID["campuran", "dengan-campuran", "pencampuran"]·IT["[במרקחת]", "[המרקחת]", "compounding"]·jav["ing-racikan", "racikan", "wawangi"]·KO["그-향유-를", "에-혼합", "혼합물"]·PT["a-mistura", "composto", "em-mistura-de"]·RU["в-смешении", "смесь", "составленной"]·ES["con-arte-de", "la-mezcla", "mezcla"]·SW["katika-mchanganyiko-wa", "mchanganyiko", "wa-mchanganyiko"]·TR["karıştırma", "karışımla", "karışımın"]·urd["عطر", "مرتبّ-کرنے-سے", "مرکب-کیا-ہوا"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מִרְקַ֫חַת n.f. 1. ointment-mixture. 2. ointment-pot (?);— 1. abs. רֹקְחֵי הַמּ׳ 1 Ch 9:30; רֹקַח מ׳ Ex 30:25. 2. בְּמ׳ 2 Ch 16:14 in an ointment-pot (?), or as an ointment-mixture.