Lexicon
אִשֶּׁה
ish.shah
H0801
H:N-M Hebrew

food offering

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Occurrences
6
Books
Hebrew
Language

ish.shah denotes an offering presented to the LORD, commonly in contexts of altar burning and priestly portions.

The term consistently denotes an offering presented to the LORD within sacrificial instructions: it occurs with burning on the altar, with specified portions such as fat or a memorial portion, and in plural construct forms for the body of offerings from which priests receive a portion.

Senses in use

  1. Offering presented to the LORD · dominant

    The singular forms occur in clauses concerning presentation or burning at the altar: in Leviticus 3:14 the offering consists of specified fat portions, and in Leviticus 2:16 the priest burns a memorial portion with oil and frankincense. In Exodus 29:18 and Leviticus 23:37, the APB renders the surrounding sacrificial clauses with “food offering,” while plural construct forms in Leviticus 10:13 and Deuteronomy 18:1 identify the offerings from which priestly portions are received.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly uses “food offering” in altar, sacrifice, and priestly-portion contexts; it also uses “offerings made by fire” in some plural clauses. Because the APB is a translation, these renderings describe the clauses rather than establishing separate meanings.

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