מִנְחָה
Biblical Aramaic
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
gift tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
מִנְחָה: n.f. gift, offering tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. gift, offering (BH id., √ מנח);— oblation, to God’s representative, abs. מ׳ Dn 2:46. techn. meal-offering, pl. sf. מִנְחָֽתְהוֹן Ezr 7:17.
Jastrow 1903
מִנְחָה: laid down offering, present meal-offering minḥah Pl. M’naḥoth decline afternoon afternoon-prayer Minḥah Minḥah tree →
The whole Jastrow entry
[laid down,] offering, present.—Pl. מְנָחוֹת. Num. R. s. 13 שלשלמה הביאו האומות מ׳ וכ׳ as the nations brought gifts to Solomon &c.; a. e.—Esp. (in ritual) meal-offering. Men. I, 1 מִנְחַת חוטא the sinner’s meal-offering (Lev. V, 11). Ib. X, 6 (68ᵇ) מנחת בהמה the meal-offering connected with animal offering (e. g. Lev. VII, 13). Ib. XII, 3 הרי עלי מ׳ וכ׳ I vow a minḥah of barley; a. v. fr.—Pl. as ab. Ib. I, 1; a. fr.—M’naḥoth, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Talmud Babli of the Order of Kodashim. (cmp. preced. 2) [decline,] afternoon (corresp. to b. h. בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם); תְּפִלַּת המ׳ (or מִנְחָה) afternoon-prayer, Minḥah. Ber. IV, 1 (26ᵃ) תפלת המ׳ עד הערב the Minḥah may be read until sunset; ib. 26ᵇ תפלת המ׳ … שהרי תמיד של בין הערבים וכ׳ the Minḥah may be read &c., because the daily sacrifice of the afternoon could be offered until sunset. Ib. עד פלג המ׳ up to the middle of the afternoon. Ib. מ׳ גדולה (מ׳ קמא) the large (first) afternoon, i.e. the time from six and a half hours after sunrise to sunset (the day being divided into twelve hours); (מ׳ אחרונה) מ׳ קטנה the smaller (later) afternoon, i.e. from nine and a half hours to sunset. Ib. פלג מ׳ אחרונה the middle of the late (small) afternoon. Ib. top טעה ולא התפלל מ׳ if by mistake he failed to read the Minḥah; a. fr.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: offering (1); their grain (1).
In the verses
בֵּ֠אדַיִן מַלְכָּ֤א נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּר֙ נְפַ֣ל עַל־אַנְפּ֔וֹהִי וּלְדָנִיֵּ֖אל סְגִ֑ד וּמִנְחָה֙ וְנִ֣יחֹחִ֔ין אֲמַ֖ר לְנַסָּ֥כָה לֵֽהּ׃
Word for word: then the king Nebuchadnezzar he.fell on face his and to Daniel he.paid.homage and offering and soothing.offerings he.said to offer.in.sacrifice to him
JPS 1917: Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odours unto him.
כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָה֩ אָסְפַּ֨רְנָא תִקְנֵ֜א בְּכַסְפָּ֣א דְנָ֗ה תּוֹרִ֤ין ׀ דִּכְרִין֙ אִמְּרִ֔ין וּמִנְחָתְה֖וֹן וְנִסְכֵּיה֑וֹן וּתְקָרֵ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ עַֽל־מַדְבְּחָ֔ה דִּ֛י בֵּ֥ית אֱלָהֲכֹ֖ם דִּ֥י בִירוּשְׁלֶֽם׃
Word for word: as to because this diligently you.will.buy with the silver this bulls rams lambs and their.grain offerings and their.drink offerings and you.will.offer them on the altar (diy).of the.house of your.God which [is].in Jerusalem
JPS 1917: therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal-offerings and their drink-offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
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