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Ezra 9:5
“And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H4503 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
- Derivation
- from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow;
- KJV renderings
- gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- בְ — preposition
- מִנְחַ֣ת — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 211 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:3Genesis 4:4Genesis 4:5Genesis 32:14Genesis 32:19
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מִנְחָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.