תְּנוּפָה
te.nu.phah
“wave offering”
Definition
a brandishing (in threat); by implication, tumult; specifically, the official undulation of sacrificial offerings
from H5130 (נוּף);
- swinging, waving, wave offering, offering 1a) a swinging, brandishing 1a1) of God's hand, weapons 1b) waving, wave-offering (technical term of sacrifice) 1c) offering (of gold or brass)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
תְּנוּפָה appears 28 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.
Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and present it as a guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil; and he must wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.
The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
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