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Mashi'akh (משיח) means "annointed one" and refers to any Jewish king. In ancient times, it also referred to priests, called Kohanim (כוהנים).
"Messiah" is one of those words that comes to us FROM Hebrew, by way of King James.

The Hebrew pronunciation is: "mah-SHEE-akh"

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