מִנְחָה 153 noun feminine gift, tribute, offering (Late Hebrew
id.; Phoenician
מנחת;
מִנְחָתָא; on Arabic see above); — absolute
מ׳ Genesis 4:3 +
81 times; construct
מִנְחַת Leviticus 2:7 +
22 times; suffix
מִנְחָתִי Genesis 33:10 +
3 times; +
41 times suffixes singular; plural suffix
מִנְחֹתֶיךָ Psalm 20:4;
מִנְחֹתֵיבֶם Numbers 29:39;
Amos 5:22; —
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;
1 Samuel 26:19;
Isaiah 1:13;
Psalm 96:8;
Zephaniah 3:10; + (probably)
(לַ)עֲלוֺת הַ֫מִּנְחָה 1 Kings 18:29,
36;
2 Kings 3:20 (Ephraimitic source; usually regarded as =
מִנְחַת עֶרֶב, but that much later usage). This general meaning possibly as also in following;
זבח ומנחה 1 Samuel 2:29 (see
1 Samuel 2:29 b),
1 Samuel 3:14;
Isaiah 19:21;
עלה ומנחה Jeremiah 14:12; ||
עולה Psalm 20:4; ||
שֶׁלֶם Amos 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. GFM
Judges 3:22 renders cereal oblation); —
יָבִיאוּ אֶתהַֿמִּנְחָה בִּכְלִי טָהוֺר Isaiah 66:20 they bring the grain offering in clean vessels (restored Jews are brought as such an offering), compare
מנחה טהורה Malachi 1:11; brought in hands
Jeremiah 41:5 (late addition Co); received from hands
Malachi 1:10;
חִטִּים למנחה 1 Chronicles 21:23 wheat for grain offering;
סֹלֶת 1 Chronicles 23:29, mixed with oil
Ezekiel 46:14, baked
Ezekiel 46:20; distinguished from other offerings
1 Kings 8:64 (twice in verse) =
2 Chronicles 7:7;
2 Kings 16:13,
15 (
3 times in verse);
Isaiah 43:23;
Isaiah 57:6;
Isaiah 66:3;
Jeremiah 17:26;
Jeremiah 33:18;
Jeremiah 41:5 (late editors Co),
Ezekiel 42:13;
Ezekiel 44:29;
Ezekiel 45:15,
17 (twice in verse);
Ezekiel 45:25;
Daniel 9:27;
Psalm 40:7; used alone
Nehemiah 13:5,
9;
Ezekiel 45:24;
Ezekiel 46:5 (twice in verse);
Ezekiel 46:7,
11,
14 (twice in verse);
Ezekiel 46:15;
Malachi 1:13;
Malachi 2:12,
13;
Malachi 3:3,
4;
Judges 13:19,
23 (R, GFM
Jud 322);
(הָ) עֶרֶב מִנְחַת evening grain offering 2 Kings 16:15;
Ezra 9:4,
5;
Daniel 9:21;
Psalm 141:2;
מִנְחַת הַתָּמִיד continual grain off.
Nehemiah 10:34, compare
Leviticus 6:13;
Numbers 4:16 (all cases under
4 exilic or post-exilic).
a. אָבִיב grain in the ear parched with fire, with oil and frankincense
Leviticus 2:14,
15.
6..
verbs of offering are
הֵבִיא Genesis 4:3 (J),
Leviticus 2:2,
8 (P),
Isaiah 1:13;
Isaiah 66:20 (twice in verse);
Jeremiah 17:26;
Malachi 1:13;
הִקְרִיב Leviticus 2:1,
8,
11;
Leviticus 6:7;
Numbers 5:25;
עשׂה Numbers 6:17;
Numbers 28:31;
1 Kings 8:64 2 Chronicles 7:7;
Ezekiel 45:24;
Ezekiel 46:7,
14,
15;
הקטיר 2 Kings 16:13,
15;
Jeremiah 33:18;
העלה Isaiah 57:6;
Isaiah 66:3;
Jeremiah 14:12;
הגישׁ Amos 5:25;
Malachi 2:12;
Malachi 3:3;
הוביל Zephaniah 3:10;
נשׂא Psalm 96:8, also (
מ׳ =
tribute)
2 Samuel 8:2,
6 and ||.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H4504.
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