4503. minchah
Lexical Summary
minchah: a gift, tribute, offering
Original Word: מִנְחָה
Transliteration: minchah
Phonetic Spelling: (min-khaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a gift, tribute, offering
Meaning: a donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering
Strong's Concordance
gift, oblation, meat offering, present, sacrifice

From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. Bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary) -- gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.

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H4503. minchah

מִנְחָה153 noun feminine gift, tribute, offering (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician מנחת‎; מִנְחָתָא ᵑ7‎; on Arabic see above); — absolute ׳מGenesis 4:3 81t.; construct מִנְחַתLeviticus 2:7 22t.; suffix מִנְחָתִיGenesis 33:10 3t.; + 41 t. suffixes singular; plural suffix מִנְחֹתֶיךָPsalm 20:4; מִנְחֹתֵיבֶםNumbers 29:39; Amos 5:22; —

1 gift, present Genesis 32:14; 32:19; 32:21; 32:22 (E), 33:10; 43:11, 15, 25, 26 (J), Judges 6:18; 1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Kings 10:25 2 Chronicles 9:24; 2 Kings 8:8-9, 20:12 = Isaiah 39:1; Psalm 45:13; 2 Chronicles 32:23.

2 tribute Judges 3:15, 17, 18 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 8:2, 6 = 1 Chronicles 18:2; 18:6, 1 Kings 5:1; 2 Kings 17:3-4, 2 Chronicles 17:5, 11; 26:8; Hosea 10:6; Psalm 72:10.

3 offering made to God, of any kind, whether grain or animals Genesis 4:3-4, 5; Numbers 16:15 (J), 1 Samuel 2:17, 29; 26:19; Isaiah 1:13; Psalm 96:8; Zephaniah 3:10; + (probably) הַ֫מִּנְחָה (לַ)עֲלוֺת1 Kings 18:29, 36; 2 Kings 3:20 (Ehpraimitic source; usually regarded as = עֶרֶב מִנְחַת‎, but that much later usage). This General meaning possibly an also in following; ומנחה זבח1 Samuel 2:29 (see 2:29 b), 3:14; Isaiah 19:21; ומנחה עלהJeremiah 14:12; "" עולהPsalm 20:4; "" שֶׁלֶםAmos 5:22 (עֹלוֺת‎ gloss, to explain אָרִיחַ‎); or these may shew early stage of discrimination.

4 grain offering (whether raw, roasted, ground to flour, or prepared as bread or cakes, see below. AV meat offering, misleading < RV meal-offering. GFMJudges 3:22 renders cereal oblation); — טָהוֺר בִּכְלִי אֶתהַֿמִּנְחָה יָבִיאוּIsaiah 66:20 they bring the grain offering in clean vessels (restored Jews are brought as such an offering), compare טהורה מנחהMalachi 1:11; brought in hands Jeremiah 41:5 (late addition Co); received from hands Malachi 1:10; למנחה חִטִּים1 Chronicles 21:23 wheat for grain offering; סֹלֶת23:29, mixed with oil Ezekiel 46:14, baked 46:20; distinguished from other offerings 1 Kings 8:64 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 7:7; 2 Kings 16:13, 15 (3 t. in verse); Isaiah 43:23; 57:6; 66:3; Jeremiah 17:26; 33:18; 41:5 (late editors Co), Ezekiel 42:13; 44:29; 45:15, 17 (twice in verse); 45:25; Daniel 9:27; Psalm 40:7; used alone Nehemiah 13:5, 9; Ezekiel 45:24; 46:5 (twice in verse); 46:7, 11, 14 (twice in verse); 46:15; Malachi 1:13; 2:12-13, 3:3-4, Judges 13:19, 23 (R, GFMJud 322); מִנְחַת עֶרֶב (הָ)evening grain offering 2 Kings 16:15; Ezra 9:4-5, Daniel 9:21; Psalm 141:2; הַתָּמִיד מִנְחַתcontinual grain off. Nehemiah 10:34, compare Leviticus 6:13; Numbers 4:16 (all cases under

4 exilic or post-exilic).

5 grain-offering, always with this meaning in P, in classifications Exodus 30:9; 40:29; Leviticus 7:37; 23:37; Numbers 18:9; 29:39; —

a. אָבִיב‎ grain in the ear parched with fire, with oil and frankincense Leviticus 2:14-15,.

b. סֹלֶת‎ fine flour with oil and frankincense Leviticus 2:1; 6:7; elsewhere בַּשֶּׁמֶן בְּלוּלָה‎ mingled with oil 14:10, 21; 23:13; Numbers 7:13 10t. 8:8; 15:4, 6, 9; 28:5-6t. 29:3, 9, 14, except sin offering of very poor where offered without oil and frankincense Leviticus 5:11-13.

c. סֹלֶת‎ baked in an oven as חַלּוֺת‎ perforated cakes, or רְקִיקִים‎ flat cakes Leviticus 2:4; 7:9; Numbers 6:15, הַמַּחֲבַת עלon a flat pan Leviticus 2:5; 6:14; 7:9, or מַרְחֶשֶׁתfrying pan 2:7; 7:9. All these always unleavened (מַצּוֺת‎) and mixed with oil and salt 2:11-13.

d. at Pentecost to consecrate new bread, חֲדָשָׁה מִנְחָהnew grain offering of two loaves of leavened bread Leviticus 23:16-17, Numbers 28:26

e. barley meal without oil or incense; קְנָאֹת מִנְחַתgrain offering of jealousy, ׳מ זִכָּרוֺןNumbers 5:15, 18, 25. compare phrases הַבֹּקֶר מִנְחַתmorning oblation Exodus 29:41; Numbers 28:8; מ ׳קָרְבַּןLeviticus 2:1, 4, 13; ׳מ בִּכּוּרִים2:14; ׳מ מִּתִּים6:14.

6 verbs of offering are הֵבִיאGenesis 4:3 (J), Leviticus 2:2, 8 (P), Isaiah 1:13; 66:20 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 17:26; Malachi 1:13; הִקְרִיבLeviticus 2:1, 8, 11; 6:7; Numbers 5:25; עשׂה6:17; 28:31; 1 Kings 8:64 2 Chronicles 7:7; Ezekiel 45:24; 46:7, 14, 15; הקטיר2 Kings 16:13, 15; Jeremiah 33:18; העלהIsaiah 57:6; 66:3; Jeremiah 14:12; הגישׁAmos 5:25; Malachi 2:12; 3:3; הובילZephaniah 3:10; נשׂאPsalm 96:8, also (׳מ‎ = tribute) 2 Samuel 8:2, 6 and "".

מְנֻחָה‎ see מְנוּחָה‎ below נוח‎. מְנַחֵם‎ see נחם‎.

מָנַחְתִּי מְנֻחוֺת, מָנַ֫חַת,‎ see נוח‎.

מְנִי‎ see מנה‎.

מִנְחָהnoun feminine gift, offering (Biblical Hebrew id., √ מנח‎); —

1 oblation, to God's representative, absolute ׳מDaniel 2:46.

2 techn. meal-offering, plural suffix מִנְחָֽתְהוֺןEzra 7:17.

מִנְיָן‎ see מנה‎. above








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