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title: הִין — hin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הִין (1969), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: hin. BDB 1906: n.m. hin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הִין

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«הִין» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hin** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 22 times · **Key:** 1969 · **BDB:** הִין

### Glosses

hin (16); a.hin (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1969/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. hin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1969/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Lv 19:36 hin, a liquid measure (𝔊 εἵν (ἵν; 𝔊L ἵν); but χοῦς Lv 19:36; Gk. ἵνιον, Egypt. measure, = sextarius, according to BöckhMetrol. Unters. 244 cf. BrandisMünz- Mass- \& Gewichtswesen 29, 30; the Heb. hin (6.06 litres) was, however, much larger than the Egypt. hin (0.456 litre), v. HultschMetrol., Tab. xxi. p. 714, \& pp. 368, 450 ff.; v. further RiHWB SmithDict. Bib. E. MeyerGesch. i. 228)—abs. הִין Ex 30:24 + 4 times Ez 45, 46; הַהִין Ex 29:40(×2) + 14 times; cstr. הִין Lv 19:36;— a measure, used of quantity of water for drinking Ez 4:11; usually in connexion with offerings: of oil used with meal-offering Ex 29:40; Nu 15:4, 6, 9; 28:5 (all P), Ez 45:24 46:5, 6, 11, 14;—usually ¼ hin to 1/10 ephah (of meal-offering); Nu 15:6 1/3; v 9 1/2; in Ez a (whole) hin, except 46:14 1/3 hin to 1/6 ephah. used in mixing the anointing oil Ex 30:24. of wine as drink-offering Lv 23:13 (H); elsewhere P, Ex 29:40; Nu 15:5; 28:14 (all 1/4 hin) 15:7; 28:14 (both 1/3 hin), 15:10; 28:14 (both ½ hin; all with 1/10 to 3/10 ephah in case of meal-offering). once of שֵׁכָר as drink-offering Nu 28:7 (P; ¼ hin; cf. Di). vessel with capacity of hin Lv 19:36 (H) הִין־צֶדֶק a just hin (‖ מֹאזְנֵי צ׳, אַבְנֵי־צ׳, אֵיפַת צ׳).—The hin = 1/6 bath according to JosephAnt iii. 8, 3; 9, 4, = 6.06 litres (Hultschl.c.), v. ii. בַּת. On order of words in above passages, note that הִין (רְבִיעִת ה׳ etc.) is usually appos. of liquid measured, \& either precedes it Ex 29:40 Nu 15:4; 28:14, or, more often, follows it Ex 30:24 + 10 times; Nu 28:7 they are in diff. clauses; in Ex 29:40 we find בְּשֶׁמֶן … רֶבַע הַהִין, cf. Nu 15:6, 9; 28:5;—Nu 28:14 is peculiar: וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם חֲצִי הַהִין יִהְיֶה לַפָּר וּשְׁלִישִׁת הַהִין לָאַיִל וּרְבִיעִת הַהִין לַכֶּבֶשׂ יָ֑יִן (יין only at end).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הִין» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1969/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 30:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.30.24/)

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וְקִדָּ֕ה חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ וְשֶׁ֥מֶן זַ֖יִת הִֽין׃

*Word for word:* and cassia five hundred(s) by the.shekel of the.holy.place and oil of.olive\[s\] a.hin

*JPS 1917:* and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.

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[Numbers 15:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.7/)

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וְיַ֥יִן לַנֶּ֖סֶךְ שְׁלִשִׁ֣ית הַהִ֑ין תַּקְרִ֥יב רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and wine for the.drink offering (the).third of.(the) hin you.will.bring.near an.odor of.soothing to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* and for the drink-offering thou shalt present the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

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