Lexical Definition

‎תְּנוּפָה‎ tᵉnûwphâh (ten-oo-faw') wave offering ^H:N-F
from ‎נוּף‎

offering, shaking, wave (offering).

• a brandishing (in threat)
• by implication, tumult
• specifically, the official undulation of sacrificial offerings

1) swinging, waving, wave offering, offering
1a) a swinging, brandishing
1a1) of God's hand, weapons
1b) waving, wave-offering (technical term of sacrifice)
1c) offering (of gold or brass)

See Greek: ἀπαρχή · δόμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תְּנוּפָה‎₃₀ noun feminine a swinging, waving, wave-offering, offering; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Isa 30:32 +; construct ‎תְּנוּפַת‎ Isa 19:16; Exod 35:22 plural construct ‎תְּנוּפֹת‎ Num 18:11 —

1. a swinging, brandishing, ‎׳‎‎יַד י‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Isa 19:16 the brandishing of‎׳‎‎י‎'s hand (in hostility); ‎׳‎‎מִלְהֲמוֺת ת‎ Isa 30:32 battles of brandishing (brandished weapons).

2. a. waving, wave-offering, technical term in P (H), originally of priest's share of sacrifice (compare ‎נוף‎ Hiph`il 4), ‎לְךָ נְתַתִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎יִשׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎לְכָּלתְּֿנוּפֹת בְּנֵ‎ Num 18:11 often as 2nd accusative after ‎הֵנִיף‎ Exod 29:25 + 5 t.; even of Levites Num 8:11; Num 8:13; Num 8:15; Num 8:20 (on all see ‎נוף‎ Hiph`il 4); ‎׳‎‎חֲזֵה הַתְּ‎ Exod 29:27 the wave-breast, so Lev 7:34; Lev 10:14; Lev 10:15; Num 6:20 (all + ‎שׁוֺק הַתְּרוּמָה‎) Num 18:18 (+ ‎שׁוֺק הַיָּמִין‎); ‎׳‎‎עֹמֶר הַתְּ‎ Lev 23:15 ‎׳‎‎לָחֶם הַתְּ‎ vLev 23:17 ‎׳‎‎ת‎ alone vLev 23:20 (all H); less accurately Exod 29:24; Lev 8:27; Lev 14:12; Lev 14:21; Lev 14:24 (see ‎נוף‎^l.c.).
b. offering, of gold and brass for tabernacle, Exod 35:22; Exod 38:24; Exod 38:29. — On ‎׳‎‎ת‎ see Di^{Lev 7:30} Benz^{Archaeology 459 f.} and especially Now^{Archaeology ii. 239 f}; also ‎תְּרוּמָה‎.

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