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Leviticus 23:11
“And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נוּףnûwph · noof
H5130 · Hebrew
H5130 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- lift up, move, offer, perfume, send, shake, sift, strike, wave.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הֵנִ֧יף — verb Hiphil, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 37 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 20:25Exodus 29:24Exodus 29:26Exodus 29:27Exodus 35:22
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 נוּף 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.