   messiah (; mashiah, moshiah, mashiach, or moshiach, "anointed [one]") is a term used in the hebrew bible to describe priests and kings, who were traditionally anointed with holy anointing oil as described in exodus 30:22-25. for example, cyrus the great, the king of persia, although not a hebrew, is referred to as "god's mashiach" in the bible. ==views== ===historical=== in jewish eschatology, the term mashiach, or "messiah," came to refer to a future jewish king from the davidic line, who is expected to be anointed with holy anointing oil and rule the jewish people during the messianic age. the messiah is often referred to as "king messiah" or, in hebrew,  (melekh mashiach), and in aramaic, malka meshiá¸¥a. orthodox views have generally held that the messiah will be descended from his father through the line of king david,see rabbi aryeh kaplan:  and will gather the jews back into the land of israel, usher in an era of peace, build the third temple, father a male heir and re-institute the sanhedrin, among other things. jewish tradition alludes to two redeemers, both of whom are called mashiach and are involved in ushering in the messianic age: mashiach ben david and mashiach ben yosef. in general, the term messiah unqualified refers to mashiach ben david (messiah, son of david). ===talmud==
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