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title: עֲרִיסָה — coarse meal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲרִיסָה (6182), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: coarse meal. BDB 1906: n.f. coarse meal dough kneading-trough. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲרִיסָה

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«עֲרִיסָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **coarse meal** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 6182 · **BDB:** עֲרִיסָה

### Glosses

your.dough(s) (3); our.dough(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

coarse meal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6182/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. coarse meal dough kneading-trough [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6182/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. meaning dub., usually coarse meal; 𝔊 AV RV dough, so Toy (with?) (NH עַרְסָן barley-meal; Syriac ܐܰܪܣܳܢܳܐ (in Lexx) hulled barley, or (cf. LagGGN 1889, 301 f.) wheat); \> Sm Ez Co Ez kneading-trough (so NH עֲרִיסָה Jastr; appar. secondary, עֲרִיסָה also \[bed\], cradle, v. ערשׂ);—only רֵאשִׁית עֲרִיסֹתֵיכֶם Ez 44:30, ר׳ עֲרִיסֹתֵינוּ Ne 10:38; ר׳ עֲרִסֹתֵיכֶם Nu 15:20, 21 (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲרִיסָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6182/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 15:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.21/)

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מֵרֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם תִּתְּנ֥וּ לַיהוָ֖ה תְּרוּמָ֑ה לְדֹרֹ֖תֵיכֶֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* some of.the.first your.dough(s) your you.will.give to Yahweh a.contribution to generations your

*JPS 1917:* Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD a portion for a gift throughout your generations.

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[Numbers 15:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.20/)

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רֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹ֣תֵכֶ֔ם חַלָּ֖ה תָּרִ֣ימוּ תְרוּמָ֑ה כִּתְרוּמַ֣ת גֹּ֔רֶן כֵּ֖ן תָּרִ֥ימוּ אֹתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* the.first your.dough(s) your a.cake you.will.offer.up a.contribution like a.contribution of.\[the\].threshing.floor so you.will.offer.up it

*JPS 1917:* Of the first of your dough ye shall set apart a cake for a gift; as that which is set apart of the threshing-floor, so shall ye set it apart.

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