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Numbers 18:18 — Word Study

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WLCוּבְשָׂרָ֖ם יִהְיֶה־ לָּ֑ךְ כַּחֲזֵ֧ה הַתְּנוּפָ֛ה וּכְשׁ֥וֹק הַיָּמִ֖ין לְךָ֥ יִהְיֶֽה׃

BSAAnd their meatbâsâr [flesh, body] belongshâyâh just as the breastchâzeh [front of the animal, often referring to sacrifices] and rightyâmîyn thighshôwq [leg, lower limb] of the wave offeringtᵉnûwphâh [a specific type of offering, where a portion is waved before God] belonghâyâh

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Numbers 18:18quick helps
In a sentenceThe meat of the offerings is designated for the priests, specifically the breast and right thigh of the wave offering.
Who is speakingThe LORD, instructing Aaron regarding the offerings.
Where we areThis verse is part of God's instructions to the priests about their share of the offerings.
The hard wordוּבְשָׂרָ֖ם
Take awayThe provisions for the priests are clearly defined.
6 commentators on this verse Gill, Jamieson, Poole, Trapp & more — read them › clause verbהָיָה The sentence as the grammar sees it Open the tree ›
How rare are these words?in the Old Testament

Every word here is used elsewhere in the Old Testament.

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Deep Study — Numbers 18:18

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Context — Instructions for the Priestsgenerated

17But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
18And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.
19All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
20Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

Numbers 18:18 describes how the meat from certain offerings is allocated to the priests. This allocation is part of the broader instructions given by God regarding the duties and provisions for the priesthood, emphasizing their role in the sacrificial system. The preceding and following verses further clarify the significance of these offerings and the priests' responsibilities in the worship of God.


Cross References

ReferenceText (BSB)
1Exodus 29:26–28Take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it before the LORD as a wave offering, and it will be your portion.
2Leviticus 7:31–34The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 2 references, hung on the phrase they belong to

And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.Exodus 29:26–28 Leviticus 7:31–34

The Key Word וּבְשָׂרָ֖ם, u.ve.sa.Ramgenerated

The word בָּשָׂר (basar) means 'flesh' and can refer to the body of a person or animal. It is used in various contexts throughout the Bible, often highlighting the physical aspect of living beings.

In this verse, it specifically pertains to the meat of the offerings designated for the priests, indicating their sustenance and role in the sacrificial system.


How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated

This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, so the BSB is the wording every comparison below is made against.


Sentence Structuregenerated

The finite verb יִהְיֶה governs the entire verse, indicating possession and allocation. The structure includes noun phrases that specify what belongs to the priests, including the breast and right thigh of the wave offering.

The Hebrew word order places emphasis on the offerings and their specific parts, highlighting their importance in the sacrificial system.


Septuagint Backgroundgenerated

The Septuagint translates וּבְשָׂרָ֖ם as κρέα, meaning 'meat' or 'flesh'. This choice aligns with the Hebrew meaning, maintaining the focus on the physical substance of the offerings.

The use of κρέα reflects the same emphasis on the bodily aspect of the offerings, consistent with the sacrificial practices described in the Hebrew text.


In plain words — the whole versegenerated

Numbers 18:18 states that the meat from certain offerings belongs to the priests, specifically the breast and right thigh of the wave offering. This allocation is part of God's instructions for the priests' sustenance and their role in the sacrificial system.


Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated

What does it mean that the meat belongs to the priests?

It signifies that the priests are to receive a portion of the offerings made to God, which supports them in their service.

Why are the breast and right thigh specifically mentioned?

These parts of the offering were designated for the priests as a way to provide for their needs while they served in the Tabernacle.

How does this relate to the overall sacrificial system?

This allocation reflects the importance of the priests' role in mediating between God and the people, as they perform sacrifices and offerings.

What is a wave offering?

A wave offering is a specific type of sacrifice where a portion is waved before God, symbolizing dedication and thanksgiving.


Reflection Questionsgenerated

  1. How can I better understand the role of priests in the Old Testament sacrificial system?
  2. What does this allocation of meat say about God's provision for those who serve Him?
  3. In what ways can I apply the principles of dedication and thanksgiving from the wave offering in my own life?
  4. How does understanding the context of these offerings enhance my appreciation for the sacrificial system?

Commentators on this verse — 6 expositors, verse by verse

Each of these wrote on Numbers 18:18 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.

John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the flesh of them shall be thine,.... For him and his family to eat of, whether blemished or perfect the Jews say (l): as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine: which were his part

Read John Gill on Numbers 18 →
Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary

But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for

Read Robert Jamieson on Numbers 18 →
Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The flesh; all the flesh of them, and not only some parts, as in other sacrifices.

Read Matthew Poole on Numbers 18 →
John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 18:18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.Ver. 18. And the flesh of them shall be thine.] And besides these here touched, they had other revenues of no small value, as their cities, suburbs, lands, that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord.

Read John Trapp on Numbers 18 →
Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(18) And the flesh of them shall be thine . . . —In Deuteronomy 12:17-18, the firstlings of the herd and of the flock are directed to be eaten by the owners in the place which the Lord should choose. Either the law as prescribed in Numbers was subsequently modified, or the second clause of this verse explains and qualifies the preceding clause, and assigns only the wave breast and the right shoulder (or, rather, leg) to the priests. (Comp. Leviticus 10:14-15.)

Read Charles John Ellicott on Numbers 18 →
CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

18. the flesh of them shall be thine] Aaron is to receive the whole of their flesh, as he had received the breast and thigh of the peace-offering.

Read Cambridge on Numbers 18 →

The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company

Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.

Modern formal

BSBBerean Standard Bible2020

And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.

WEBWorld English Bible2000

Their meat shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours.

MSBMajority Standard Bible2022

And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.

NETBNew English Translation2006

And their meat will be yours, just as the breast and the right hip of the raised offering is yours.

Tyndale line

KJVKing James Version1611

And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.

ASVAmerican Standard Version1901

And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine.

RVARevised Version, American1894

And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine.

NWBWebster's Bible1833

And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder are thine

GNVGeneva Bible1599

And the flesh of them shalbe thine, as the shake breast, and as the right shoulder shalbe thine.

Strictly literal

DBYDarby Translation1890

And their flesh shall be thine; as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder shall it be thine.

YLTYoung's Literal Translation1862

and their flesh is thine, as the breast of the wave-offering, and as the right leg, it is thine;

LSVLiteral Standard Version2020

and their flesh is yours, as the breast of the wave-offering and as the right leg are yours.

ILTInterlinear Literal Translation2000

And their flesh shall be thine: as the breast that is waved and as the right shoulder shall it be thine.

ULBUnlocked Literal Bible2017

Their meat will be yours. Like the raised breast and the right thigh, their meat will be yours.

From the Latin

DRADouay-Rheims (Challoner)1899

But the flesh shall fall to thy use, as the consecrated breast, and the right shoulder shall be thine.

Simplified

FBVFree Bible Version2020

Their meat is yours, in the same way that the breast and right thigh of the wave offering are yours.

BBEBible in Basic English1949

Their flesh is to be yours; like the breast of the wave offering and the right leg, it is to be yours.

Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.


The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank

This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.

וּandclausenoun phrase · subjectבְשָׂרָ֖meatםtheirverbיִהְיֶהit.will.belongprepositional phrase · prepositionalלָּ֑toךְyouclauseprepositional phrase · prepositionalprepositional phraseכַּlikenoun phraseחֲזֵ֧הthe.breastnoun phraseהַofתְּנוּפָ֛הthe.wave-offeringוּandprepositional phraseכְlikenoun phraseשׁ֥וֹקthe.thighnoun phraseהַofיָּמִ֖יןthe.rightprepositional phrase · prepositionalלְtoךָ֥youverbיִהְיֶֽהit.will.belong

Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.


The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran

The Masoretic Text and the Samaritan Pentateuch agree word for word on this verse. The Septuagint matches the Hebrew closely, with all nine words corresponding, although its word order differs.

Masoretic TextLeningrad Codex, c. AD 1008 — the text this page is built on

וּבְשָׂרָ֖ם יִהְיֶה־ לָּ֑ךְ כַּחֲזֵ֧ה הַתְּנוּפָ֛ה וּכְשׁ֥וֹק הַיָּמִ֖ין לְךָ֥ יִהְיֶֽה׃

Septuagintthe Greek the translators chose, word by word
וּבְשָׂרָ֖םκρέαיִהְיֶה־ἔσταιלָּ֑ךְσοίכַּחֲזֵ֧הκαθὰהַתְּנוּפָ֛הἐπιθέματοςוּכְשׁ֥וֹקκατὰהַיָּמִ֖יןδεχιὸνלְךָ֥σοὶיִהְיֶֽה׃ἔσται

9 of the 9 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.

Samaritan Pentateuchthe Torah as the Samaritan community kept it

ובשׂרם יהיה לך כחזה התנופה וכשׁוק הימין לך יהיה

Agrees with the Masoretic Text here, word for word.

Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.


The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with

This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.

Numbers 18:18בָּשָׂרand meat thand meat theirבָּשָׂרהָיָהit will belit will belongהָיָהךְto youto youךְחָזֶהlike [the] like [the] breaחָזֶהתְּנוּפָהthe wave-ofthe wave-offeriתְּנוּפָהשׁוֹקand like [tand like [the] שׁוֹקיָמִיןthe rightthe rightיָמִיןךָּto youto youךָּהָיָהit will belit will belongהָיָהנוּףto sprinklto sprinkleנוּףבָּשַׂרto bear tito bear tidingsבָּשַׂרהָוָאto fallto fallהָוָאחָזָהto seeto seeחָזָהשׁוּקto overfloto overflowשׁוּקיָמַןto go righto go rightיָמַןשׁוֹקleglegשׁוֹקתְּנוּפָהwave offerwave offeringתְּנוּפָהחָזֶהbreastbreastחָזֶהעוֹרskinskinעוֹרעֶ֫צֶםboneboneעֶ֫צֶםשְׂמֹאלleftleftשְׂמֹאל
meets it a little oftener than chancemeets it far oftener than chancebuilt from the same roottwo words of the verse share ita word of this versea related word

Lexicons — every word in Numbers 18:18

One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.

Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.

and meat their it will belong to you like [the] breast of the wave-offering and like [the] thigh of the right to you it will belong
וּבְשָׂרָ֖םu.ve.sa.Ram and meat their H1320 Conjunction · noun common masculine singular construct · suffix
270× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
The Hebrew word for flesh refers to the body or a person, and can also describe living things or animals. In the Bible, it is used to describe humans and animals, as in Genesis and Leviticus.
Amplified meaning
flesh, body
Tyndale gloss
flesh
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

בָּשָׂר (basar) means 'flesh' and encompasses various meanings, including the physical body, kinship, and a euphemism for male genitalia. It can refer to humans, animals, and all living things, highlighting the frailty of man in relation to God. The entries consistently emphasize its bodily and relational aspects.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

בָּשָׂר 266 n.m. flesh

of the body

flesh for the body itself

male organ of generation (euphemism)

flesh for kindred, blood-relations

man over against God as frail or erring

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H1320 בָּשָׂר flesh . of the body

. flesh for the body itself

. male organ of generation (euphemism)

. flesh for kindred, blood-relations

. man over against God as frail or erring

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

1320 basar baw-sawr'

from 1319; flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body,

person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man:--body, (fat,

lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.

see HEBREW for 01319

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

בָּשָׂר (ba.sar) — flesh.

1) flesh

1a) of the body

1a1) of humans

1a2) of animals

1b) the body itself

1c) male organ of generation (euphemism)

1d) kindred, blood-relations

1e) flesh as frail or erring (man against God)

1f) all living things

1g) animals

1h) mankind

Aramaic equivalent: be.shar (בְּשַׁר "flesh" H1321)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Conj | N-ms | Suff — Conjunction · noun common masculine singular construct · suffix
HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp
and meat their it will belong to you like [the] breast of the wave-offering and like [the] thigh of the right to you it will belong
יִהְיֶה־yih.yeh- it will belong H1961 Verb · Qal · imperfect third person masculine singular
3,562× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
The Hebrew word for to be means to exist or come into being. It is used to describe something that happens or comes to pass, like in Genesis where God creates the world.
Tyndale gloss
to be
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Hebrew word הָיָה (hayah) is a primitive root meaning to exist or become, and it encompasses a range of meanings including to happen, occur, and come to pass. It is often used in narrative contexts, particularly in phrases like "and it came to pass." The word can also denote a state of being or existence, and it appears frequently in various forms throughout the Old Testament.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

הָיָה 3570 vb. fall out, come to pass, become, be

Qal

Fall out, happen

occur, take place, come about, come to pass

esp. & very oft., come about, come to pass

וַיְהִי and it came to pass that, most often (c. 292 t.)

rarely also Pf. c. וְ conj. וְהָיָה

less oft. וְהָיָה Pf. consec. and it shall come to pass, or frequentat. came to pass (repeatedly, etc.)

Come into being, become

abs., in lively narrative, arise, appear, come

sq. prep.

become

sq. pred. noun (to be viewed as implicit accus.)

sq. pred. adj.

become like

sq. pred. לְ pers.

sq. לְ pred.

oft. c. לְ pred. לְ pers.

with עַל and לְ

sts. c. לְ pers. only = became the property of, come into the possession of

Be (often with subbordinate idea of becoming)

exist, be in existence

abide, remain, continue

with word of locality, be in or at a place, be situated, stand, lie

as copula, joining subj. & pred.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H1961 הָיָה fall out, come to pass, become, be .. . . Fall out, happen

. occur, take place, come about, come to pass

. esp. & very oft., come about, come to pass . . וַיְהִי and it came to pass that, most often (c. 292 t.)

. rarely also Pf. c. וְ conj. וְהָיָה

. less oft. וְהָיָה Pf. consec. and it shall come to pass, or frequentat. came to pass (repeatedly, etc.)

. Come into being, become . . abs., in lively narrative, arise, appear, come

. sq. prep.

. become . sq. pred. noun (to be viewed as implicit accus.)

. sq. pred. adj.

. become like

. sq. pred. + לְ pers.

. sq. לְ pred.

. oft. c. לְ pred. + לְ pers.

. with עַל and לְ

. sts. c. לְ pers. only = became the property of, come into the possession of

. Be (often with subbordinate idea of becoming) . exist, be in existence

. abide, remain, continue

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Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

1961 hayah haw-yaw

a primitive root (compare 1933); to exist, i.e. be or become,

come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or

auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished,

committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint,

fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit

(one-)self, require, X use.

see HEBREW for 01933

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

הָיָה (ha.yah) — to be.

1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1a) (Qal)

1a1) ---

1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

1a1b) to come about, come to pass

1a2) to come into being, become

1a2a) to arise, appear, come

1a2b) to become

1a2b1) to become

1a2b2) to become like

1a2b3) to be instituted, be established

1a3) to be

1a3a) to exist, be in existence

1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

1a3d) to accompany, be with

1b) (Niphal)

1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
V-Qal-Imperf-3ms — Verb · Qal · imperfect third person masculine singular
HVqi3ms
and meat their it will belong to you like [the] breast of the wave-offering and like [the] thigh of the right to you it will belong
לָּ֑ךְLakh to you H9032 Preposition · suffix
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

ךְ (kh) — you.

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 2nd person feminine singular

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
HRd/Sp2ms — Preposition · suffix
HRd/Sp2ms
and meat their it will belong to you like [the] breast of the wave-offering and like [the] thigh of the right to you it will belong
כַּחֲזֵ֧הka.cha.Zeh like [the] breast of H2373 Preposition · noun common masculine singular construct
13× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
The Hebrew word for breast, often referring to the front of an animal, especially in sacrifices. It appears in descriptions of animal offerings in the Bible.
Amplified meaning
front of the animal, often referring to sacrifices
Tyndale gloss
breast
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

חָזֶה (chazeh) refers to the 'breast,' specifically the breast of animals, including in the context of animal sacrifices. It is derived from the root word for 'to see' and is noted in Leviticus 7:51. The Aramaic equivalent is חֲדִי (cha.di), also meaning 'breast.'

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

חָזֶה n.m. Lv 7:51 breast of animals

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H2373 חָזֶה

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

2373 chazeh khaw-zeh'

from 2372; the breast (as most seen in front):--breast.

see HEBREW for 02372

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

חָזֶה (cha.zeh) — breast.

breast (of animals), breast of an animal sacrifice

Aramaic equivalent: cha.di (חֲדִי "breast" H2306)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Prep | N-ms — Preposition · noun common masculine singular construct
HR/Ncmsc
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ov:

(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.

English usagewhat the translators’ English meant
Webster's Dictionary (1828), Webster's Unabridged (1913), Webster's Dictionary (1806)

OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]

1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.

I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.

For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.

It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.

Lamentations 3:1.

The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.

Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.

That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.

Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…

and meat their it will belong to you like [the] breast of the wave-offering and like [the] thigh of the right to you it will belong
הַתְּנוּפָ֛הha.te.nu.Fah the wave-offering H8573 Particle · noun common feminine singular absolute
30× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
In the Bible, this term describes a specific type of offering, where a portion of the sacrifice is waved before God, as seen in Leviticus. It symbolizes the dedication of the offering to God and is often associated with thanksgiving and celebration.
Amplified meaning
a specific type of offering, where a portion is waved before God
Tyndale gloss
wave offering
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

תְּנוּפָה (tnuwphah) refers to a swinging or waving motion, specifically in the context of a wave offering in sacrificial practices. It is derived from a root meaning to brandish or shake, and encompasses both the act of waving and the offerings associated with it, including those of gold or brass.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

תְּנוּפָה 30 n.f. a swinging, waving, wave-offering, offering

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H8573 תְּנוּפָה a swinging, waving, wave-offering, offering

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

8573 tnuwphah ten-oo-faw'

from 5130; a brandishing (in threat); by implication, tumult;

specifically, the official undulation of sacrificial

offerings:--offering, shaking, wave (offering).

see HEBREW for 05130

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

תְּנוּפָה (te.nu.phah) — wave offering.

1) swinging, waving, wave offering, offering

1a) a swinging, brandishing

1a1) of God's hand, weapons

1b) waving, wave-offering (technical term of sacrifice)

1c) offering (of gold or brass)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Art | N-fs — Particle · noun common feminine singular absolute
HTd/Ncfsa
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
Torrey's New Topical Textbook

- Placed in the hand of the priest and waved before the Lord

Ex 29:24; Le 8:27

- CONSISTED OF

. The fat, right shoulder, &c of the priest's consecration

ram

Ex 29:22,23; Le 8:25,26

. The breast of the priest's consecration ram

Ex 29:26; Le 8:29

. The breast of all peace offerings

Le 7:30; 9:18,21; 6:17,20

. Left shoulder, of Nazarite's peace offering

Nu 6:17,19

. The first fruits of barely harvest

Le 23:10,11

and meat their it will belong to you like [the] breast of the wave-offering and like [the] thigh of the right to you it will belong
וּכְשׁ֥וֹקu.khe.Shok and like [the] thigh of H7785 Conjunction · preposition · noun common feminine singular construct
19× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
In the Bible, this word describes the leg or thigh of a person or animal, often in reference to the lower leg or calf. It is sometimes translated as 'hip', 'leg', 'shoulder', or 'thigh'.
Amplified meaning
leg, lower limb
Tyndale gloss
leg
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

שׁוֹק (showq) refers to the leg, specifically the lower leg or calf in humans, and the thigh or upper leg in sacrificial animals. It is derived from a root meaning to run and appears in contexts related to both human anatomy and sacrificial practices.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

שׁוֹק 19 n.[f.] leg

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H7785 שׁוֹק leg

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

7785 showq shoke

from 7783; the (lower) leg (as a runner):--hip, leg,

shoulder, thigh.

see HEBREW for 07783

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

שׁוֹק (shoq) — leg.

1) leg, thigh

1a) of man; specifically the lower leg (calf) as opposed to the thigh

1b) of sacrificial animal; specifically the thigh, upper leg, hind leg, as the portion eaten

Aramaic equivalent: shaq (שָׁק "leg" H8243)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Conj | Prep | N-fs — Conjunction · preposition · noun common feminine singular construct
HC/R/Ncfsc
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ov:

(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.

English usagewhat the translators’ English meant
Webster's Dictionary (1828), Webster's Unabridged (1913), Webster's Dictionary (1806)

OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]

1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.

I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.

For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.

It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.

Lamentations 3:1.

The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.

Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.

That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.

Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…

and meat their it will belong to you like [the] breast of the wave-offering and like [the] thigh of the right to you it will belong
הַיָּמִ֖יןhai.ya.Min the right H3225 Particle · noun common feminine singular absolute
140× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
Benjamin was a son of Israel and Rachel, and the brother of Joseph, mentioned in Genesis 35:18. The name also refers to the right hand or south direction.
Tyndale gloss
[Ben]jamin
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Hebrew word יָמִין (*yamiyn*) means 'right hand' or 'right side,' and it can also refer to the direction south, as the right hand points south when facing east. It is derived from the root word for 'to be strong' and covers various contexts, including body parts and directional references.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

יָמִין 137 n.f. right hand

right hand

of situation on, or direction toward the right

of other parts of the body

= south, because when facing east the right hand is toward the south

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3225 יָמִין right hand . right hand

. of situation on, or direction toward the right

. of other parts of the body

. = south, because when facing east the right hand is toward the south

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3225 yamiyn yaw-meen'

from 3231; the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or

other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally,

the south:--+ left-handed, right (hand, side), south.

see HEBREW for 03231

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

יָמִין (ya.min) — right.

1) right, right hand, right side

1a) right hand

1b) right (of direction)

1c) south (the direction of the right hand when facing East)

Also means: ya.min (יָמִין ": south" H3225H)

יָמִין (ya.min) — right: south.

1) right, right hand, right side

1a) right hand

1b) right (of direction)

1c) south (the direction of the right hand when facing East)

יָמִין (ya.min) — [Ben]jamin.

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.35.18;

son of: Israel (H3478) and Rachel (H7354);

brother of: Joseph (H3130);

half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783);

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Art | N-fs — Particle · noun common feminine singular absolute
HTd/Ncfsa
Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

rit (yashar, mishpaT; dikaios, euthus): Many Hebrew words are translated "right," with different shades of meaning. Of these the two noted are the most important: yashar, with the sense of being straight, direct, as "right in the sight" of Yahweh (Ex 15:26; De 12:25, etc.), in one's own eyes (Jud 17:6), "right words" (Job 6:25 the King James Version, yosher), "right paths" (Pr 4:11 the King James Version); and mishpaT "judgment" "cause" etc., a forensic term, as "Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" (Ge 18:25). In

and meat their it will belong to you like [the] breast of the wave-offering and like [the] thigh of the right to you it will belong
לְךָ֥le.Kha to you H9031 Preposition · suffix
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

ךָּ (ka) — you.

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 2nd person masculine singular

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
HRd/Sp2ms — Preposition · suffix
HRd/Sp2ms
and meat their it will belong to you like [the] breast of the wave-offering and like [the] thigh of the right to you it will belong
יִהְיֶֽה׃yih.Yeh it will belong H1961 Verb · Qal · imperfect third person masculine singular
3,562× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
The Hebrew word for to be means to exist or come into being. It is used to describe something that happens or comes to pass, like in Genesis where God creates the world.
Tyndale gloss
to be
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Hebrew word הָיָה (hayah) is a primitive root meaning to exist or become, and it encompasses a range of meanings including to happen, occur, and come to pass. It is often used in narrative contexts, particularly in phrases like "and it came to pass." The word can also denote a state of being or existence, and it appears frequently in various forms throughout the Old Testament.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

הָיָה 3570 vb. fall out, come to pass, become, be

Qal

Fall out, happen

occur, take place, come about, come to pass

esp. & very oft., come about, come to pass

וַיְהִי and it came to pass that, most often (c. 292 t.)

rarely also Pf. c. וְ conj. וְהָיָה

less oft. וְהָיָה Pf. consec. and it shall come to pass, or frequentat. came to pass (repeatedly, etc.)

Come into being, become

abs., in lively narrative, arise, appear, come

sq. prep.

become

sq. pred. noun (to be viewed as implicit accus.)

sq. pred. adj.

become like

sq. pred. לְ pers.

sq. לְ pred.

oft. c. לְ pred. לְ pers.

with עַל and לְ

sts. c. לְ pers. only = became the property of, come into the possession of

Be (often with subbordinate idea of becoming)

exist, be in existence

abide, remain, continue

with word of locality, be in or at a place, be situated, stand, lie

as copula, joining subj. & pred.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H1961 הָיָה fall out, come to pass, become, be .. . . Fall out, happen

. occur, take place, come about, come to pass

. esp. & very oft., come about, come to pass . . וַיְהִי and it came to pass that, most often (c. 292 t.)

. rarely also Pf. c. וְ conj. וְהָיָה

. less oft. וְהָיָה Pf. consec. and it shall come to pass, or frequentat. came to pass (repeatedly, etc.)

. Come into being, become . . abs., in lively narrative, arise, appear, come

. sq. prep.

. become . sq. pred. noun (to be viewed as implicit accus.)

. sq. pred. adj.

. become like

. sq. pred. + לְ pers.

. sq. לְ pred.

. oft. c. לְ pred. + לְ pers.

. with עַל and לְ

. sts. c. לְ pers. only = became the property of, come into the possession of

. Be (often with subbordinate idea of becoming) . exist, be in existence

. abide, remain, continue

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Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

1961 hayah haw-yaw

a primitive root (compare 1933); to exist, i.e. be or become,

come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or

auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished,

committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint,

fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit

(one-)self, require, X use.

see HEBREW for 01933

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

הָיָה (ha.yah) — to be.

1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1a) (Qal)

1a1) ---

1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

1a1b) to come about, come to pass

1a2) to come into being, become

1a2a) to arise, appear, come

1a2b) to become

1a2b1) to become

1a2b2) to become like

1a2b3) to be instituted, be established

1a3) to be

1a3a) to exist, be in existence

1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

1a3d) to accompany, be with

1b) (Niphal)

1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
V-Qal-Imperf-3ms — Verb · Qal · imperfect third person masculine singular
HVqi3ms
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