hin
noun
In Jewish tradition
Used to measure oil and wine for the tabernacle anointing oil and offerings.
Interpretation. Tradition says the amounts of oil and wine for each offering were fixed exactly, as in the laws of the meal and drink offerings.
Meaning
An ancient Hebrew measure of liquid, about a gallon or a little more. tree →
Examples
- and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. (Torah EXO.30.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- and for the drink-offering thou shalt present the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. (Torah NUM.15.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, shalt thou prepare with the burnt-offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb. (Torah NUM.15.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of a hin; from time to time shalt thou drink. (Prophets EZK.4.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he shall prepare a meal-offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and a hin of oil to an ephah. (Prophets EZK.45.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- and the meal-offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal-offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah. (Prophets EZK.46.5, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
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