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title: אִשֶּׁה — an offering made by fire · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אִשֶּׁה (801), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 65 times: an offering made by fire. BDB 1906: n.m. an offering made by fire. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אִשֶּׁה

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«אִשֶּׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **an offering made by fire** — 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:** 65 times · **Key:** 801 · **BDB:** אִשֶּׁה

### Glosses

a.fire.offering (39); the.fire.offerings (16); of.a.fire.offering (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

an offering made by fire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/801/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. an offering made by fire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/801/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jos 13, 14 an offering made by fire (\> Wetzst in DePsalmen., ed. 4, 889 der. from √ ii. אנשׁ, means to friendly relations betw. God \& man; cf. LagBN 190) Ex 29:18 + 32 times; cstr. אִשֵּׁה Lv 1:9 + 14 times pl. cstr. אִשֵּׁי Lv 4:35; 24:9 + 15 times; sf. אִשַּׁי Nu 28:2, אִשָּׁ֑י Lv 6:10; used chiefly of offerings of animals, but also of the מִנְחָה Lv 2:11, and of the sacred bread and frankincense Lv 24:7 which was placed on the table as a memorial, and finally went to the priests. The word is used in Dt 18:1 Jos 13:14 (D) 1 S 2:28; elsewhere in P Lv 6:10; 10:15; 22:22 Nu 28:2, 3, especially in phrases אִשֵּׁי יהוה Lv 2:3 + 11 times אִשֶּׂה רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ ליהוה Lv 1:9 + 14 times, ריח ניחח אשׁה ליהוה Ex 29:18 + 6 times, אשׁה ליהוה ריח ניחח Lv 23:13, אשׁה לריח ניחח Lv 3:16 Nu 18:17, אשׁה (הוא) ליהוה Ex 29:25 Lv 2:16; אִשֶּׁה ליהוה acc. after verbs of offering Ex 30:20 + 14 times, אִשֶּׁה עֹלָה ליהוה Nu 28:19, קָרְבָּן אִשֶּׁה ליהוה Lv 22:27 Nu 15:25.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אִשֶּׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/801/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 23:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.23.25/)

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כָּל־מְלֶ֥אכֶת עֲבֹדָ֖ה לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֑וּ וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֥ם אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַיהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* any work of.servitude not you.will.do and you.will.present a.fire.offering to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Ye shall do no manner of servile work; and ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

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[Leviticus 3:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.3.11/)

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וְהִקְטִיר֥וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה לֶ֥חֶם אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַיהוָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and he will.make.it.smoke the priest to the altar food of.a.fire.offering to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And the priest shall make it smoke upon the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD.

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