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# פַּךְ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6378

**vial** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

vial [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6378/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פַּךְ: n.m. phial, flask; [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6378/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 K 9:1 phial, flask;—cstr. פ׳ הַשֶּׁמֶן, for anointing, 1 S 10:1; 2 K 9:1, 3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the flask (3).

## In the verses

[1 Samuel 10:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.10.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.10.1/#tree)

וַיִּקַּ֨ח שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל אֶת־פַּ֥ךְ הַשֶּׁ֛מֶן וַיִּצֹ֥ק עַל־רֹאשׁ֖וֹ וַיִּשָּׁקֵ֑הוּ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הֲל֗וֹא כִּֽי־מְשָׁחֲךָ֧ יְהוָ֛ה עַל־נַחֲלָת֖וֹ לְנָגִֽיד׃

*Word for word:* and he.took Samuel (et) the.flask of.(the) oil and he.poured.\[it\] on head his and he kissed.him and he.said ? not (cmp) he has.anointed.you Yahweh over inheritance his to ruler

*JPS 1917:* Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said: 'Is it not that the LORD hath anointed thee to be prince over His inheritance?

[2 Kings 9:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.3/#tree)

וְלָקַחְתָּ֤ פַךְ־הַשֶּׁ֙מֶן֙ וְיָצַקְתָּ֣ עַל־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה מְשַׁחְתִּ֥יךָֽ לְמֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּפָתַחְתָּ֥ הַדֶּ֛לֶת וְנַ֖סְתָּה וְלֹ֥א תְחַכֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.take the.flask of.(the) oil and you.will.pour.\[it\] on head his and you.will.say thus he.says Yahweh I anoint.you to king to Israel and you.will.open the door and you.will.flee and not you.must.wait

*JPS 1917:* Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say: Thus saith the LORD: I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6378.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6378/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).