--- title: תְּרוּמָה — contribution · The Tanakh dictionary description: תְּרוּמָה (8641), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 76 times: contribution. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8641.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514-3.md)‎ / תְּרוּמָה‎ # תְּרוּמָה «תְּרוּמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **contribution** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 76 times · **Key:** 8641 · **BDB:** תְּרוּמָה ### Glosses the.contribution (33); a.contribution (14); contribution (14) ### Meaning (OSHB) contribution [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8641/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8641/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.f. contribution, offering, for sacred uses (not certain before Dt.; chiefly Ez P and late) (proposes something lifted off, separated);—abs. ת׳ Ez 45:13 +; cstr. תְּרוּמַת Ex 30:14 +; sf. תְּרוּמָתִי 25:2, מַתְכֶם- Nu 18:27, מָתָם- Ex 29:28; pl. תְּרוּמוֹת Na 12:44 Pr 29:4, מֹת- 2 S 1:21 Nu 18:19; sf. תְּרוּמֹתָ֑י v 8, etc.;— earliest use: contrib. of products of soil for י׳, תְּרוּמַת יֶדְכֶם Dt 12:6, 11, cf. v 17; also Ez 20:40 Nu 15:19, 20(×2), 21. contrib. for prince, in Ezekiel’s scheme: Ez 45:13, 16 tract of land to be set apart for temple, and for use of priests and Levites, in Ezek.’s scheme: Ez 45:1; 48:8, 9, 20a, 21b; called ת׳ הַקֹּדֶשׂ 45:6, 7(×2); 48:10, 18(×2), 20b, 21a, 21c; ת׳ הָאָרְץ קֹדֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁים v 12. contrib. to י׳, set apart for priests, Ez 44:30(×2); Lv 22:12; Nu 5:9; 18:8, 11, 19; 2 Ch 31:10, 12, 14; specif.: of cakes and cereals Lv 7:14; Ne 10:38, 40 (also for Levites), 12:44 (id.), 13:5; cf. וּשְׂדֵי תְרוּמוֹת 2 S 1:21, i.e. (si vera l.) fields yielding sacred imposts, but very dub.; 𝔊L ὄρη θανάτου, cf. We; JPPet JBL xii (1893), 54 proposes מָוֶת (הָרֵי) שׂ׳, ה׳ as gloss; HPS שְׂדוֹת הַמָּוֶת; \> Sta וּשְׂדֵי עֲרֵמוֹת; v. also Dr. of animal sacrif., the thigh, שׁוֹק הַתּ׳ Ex 29:27, 28; Lv 7:34; 10:14, 15; Nu 6:20. priests’ share of Levites’tithe, Nu 18:26, 27, 28(×2), 29. of booty Nu 31:29, 41, 52. tithe for Levites 18:24. materials for tabern., sacred garments, etc., Ex 25:2(×2), 3; 35:5(×2), 21, 24(×2); 36:3, 6; for temple Ezr 8:25. half-shekel for maintaining service of sanctuary Ex 30:13, 14, 15. late, contribution, in gen., אִישׁ תְּרוּמוֹת Pr 29:4 a man of contributions, i.e. demanding them, = man of exactions.—תּ׳ Is 40:20 of idol-image (si vera l.), so still Di-Kit; read perhaps תְּמוּנָה 𝔊 (ὁμοίωμα v 19) Du; other conj. in Che Hpt., v. also iii. \[סָכַן\].—Vbs. c. ת׳ are: הֵרִים Ez 45:1 + 14 times, הֵבִיא Dt 12:6 + 9 times, נָתַן Ez 44:30 + 9 times, לָקַח Ex 25:2(×2) + times, חִקְרִיב Lv 7:14; Nu 5:9.—Vid. Dr Dt 12:6;Hast. DB iii. 588. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 61 of its verses cited, 0 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 (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «תְּרוּמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8641/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Proverbs 29:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.4/) מֶ֗לֶךְ בְּ֭מִשְׁפָּט יַעֲמִ֣יד אָ֑רֶץ וְאִ֖ישׁ תְּרוּמ֣וֹת יֶֽהֶרְסֶֽנָּה׃ *Word for word:* a.king by justice he.establishes a.land and a.person of.contributions he breaks.it.down *JPS 1917:* The king by justice establisheth the land; but he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it. [Numbers 15:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.21/) 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. - ← previous: [תִּרְהָקָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8640.md) - next →: [תְּרוּמִיָּה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8642.md) - ↑ back to [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514-3.md)