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title: תְּנוּפָה — a swinging · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תְּנוּפָה (8573), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 30 times: a swinging. BDB 1906: n.f. swinging, waving, wave-offering, offering Hiph. Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּנוּפָה

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«תְּנוּפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a swinging** — 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:** 30 times · **Key:** 8573 · **BDB:** תְּנוּפָה

### Glosses

a.wave-offering (17); the.wave-offering (9); of.a.wave-offering (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a swinging [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8573/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. swinging, waving, wave-offering, offering Hiph. Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8573/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a swinging, waving, wave-offering, offering;—abs. ת׳ Is 30:32 +; cstr. תְּנוּפַת Is 19:16 Ex 35:22; pl. cstr. תְּנוּפֹת Nu 18:11;— a swinging, brandising, ת׳ יַד י׳ Is 19:16 the brandishing of י׳ ’s hand (in hostility); מִלְחֲמוֹת ת׳ 30:32 battles of brandishing (brandished weapons). waving, wave-offering, term. techn. in P (H), orig. of priest’s share of sacrifice (cf. נוף Hiph. 4), לְכָּל־תְּנוּפֹת בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ לְךָ נְתַתִּים Nu 18:11 often as 2nd acc. after הֵנִיף Ex 29:26 + 5 times; even of Levites Nu 8:11, 13, 15, 20 (on all v. נוף Hiph. 4); חֲזֵה הַתְּ׳ Ex 29:27 the wave-breast, so Lv 7:34; 10:14, 15 Nu 6:20 (all + שׁוֹק הַתְּרוּמָה); 18:18 (+ שׁוֹק הַיָּמִין); עֹמֶר הַתְּ׳ Lv 23:15; לֶחֶם הַתְּ׳ v 17; ת׳ alone v 20 (all H); less accurately Ex 29:24 Lv 8:27; 14:12, 21, 24 (v. נוףl.c.). offering, of gold and brass for tabern., Ex 35:22; 38:24, 29.—On ת׳ v. Di Lv 7:30 BenzArch. 459 f. and especially NowArch. ii. 239 f.; also תְּרוּמָה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּנוּפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8573/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 38:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.29/)

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וּנְחֹ֥שֶׁת הַתְּנוּפָ֖ה שִׁבְעִ֣ים כִּכָּ֑ר וְאַלְפַּ֥יִם וְאַרְבַּע־מֵא֖וֹת שָֽׁקֶל׃

*Word for word:* and the.bronze of the.wave-offering \[was\].seventy talent\[s\] and two.thousand and four hundred(s) shekel\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And the brass of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

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[Leviticus 23:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.23.17/)

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מִמּוֹשְׁבֹ֨תֵיכֶ֜ם תָּבִ֣יאּוּ ׀ לֶ֣חֶם תְּנוּפָ֗ה שְׁ֚תַּיִם שְׁנֵ֣י עֶשְׂרֹנִ֔ים סֹ֣לֶת תִּהְיֶ֔ינָה חָמֵ֖ץ תֵּאָפֶ֑ינָה בִּכּוּרִ֖ים לַֽיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* from your.dwelling places you.will.bring bread of.a.wave-offering two two tenths fine.flour they.will.be leaven they.will.be.baked first-fruits to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Ye shall bring out of your dwellings two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah; they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, for first-fruits unto the LORD.

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