animals Gn 4:3 , 4 , 5 Nu 16:15 ( J ), 1 S 2:17 , 29 ; 26:19 Is 1:13 ψ 96:8 Zp 3:1 0; +

(prob.) (לַ)עֲלֹות הַמִּנְחָה 1 K 18:2 9, 36 2 K 3:20 ( Ephr. ; usually regarded as = מִנְחַת עֶרֶב , but that much later usage). This gen. meaning poss. also in foll.: זבח ומנחה 1 S 2:29 (see v 29 b), 3:14 Is 19:2 1; עלה ומנחה Je 14:1 2; || עולה ψ 20:4 ; || שֶׁלֶם Am 5:22 ( עֹלֹות gloss, to explain אָרִיחַ ); or these may shew early stage of discrimination. • 4. grain offering (whether raw, roasted, ground to flour, or prepared as bread or cakes, see below. AV meat offering , misleading < RV meal-offering . GFM Judges 322 renders cereal oblation );— יָבִיאוּ אֶת־הַמִּנְחָה בִּכְלִי טָהֹור Is 66:20 they bring the grain offering in clean vessels (restored Jews are brought as such an offering), cf. מנחה טהורה Mal 1:1 1; brought in hands Je 41:5 (late addit. Co ); received from hands Mal 1:10 ; חִטִּים למנחה 1 Ch 21:23 wheat for grain offering; סֹלֶת 1 Ch 23:29 , mixed with oil Ez 46:14 , baked v 2 0; disting. from other offerings 1 K 8:64 ^(×2) = 2 Ch 7: 7, 2 K 16:13 , 15 ^(×3) Is 43:2 3; 57:6 ; 66:3 Je 17:2 6; 33:18 ; 41:5 , Ez 42:13 ; 44:29 ; 45:15 , 17 ^(×2), 25 Am 5:2 2, 25 Dn 9:27 ψ 40:7 ; used alone Ne 13:5 , 9

Ez 45:24 ; 46:5 ^(×2), 7 , 11 , 14 ^(×2), 15 Mal 1:1 3; 2:12 , 13 ; 3:3 , 4 Ju 13:1 9, 23 ( R , GFM Judges 322 ); (הָ)עֶרֶב מִנְחַת evening grain offering 2 K 16:15 Ezr 9: 4, 5 Dn 9:21 ψ 141:2 ; מִנְחַת הַתָּמִיד continual grain off . Ne 10:34 , cf. Lv 6:13 Nu 4:16 (all cases under 4 exilic or post-exilic). 5. grain-offering , always with this meaning in P , in classifications Ex 30:9 ; 40:29 Lv 7:3 7; 23:37 Nu 18: 9; 29:39 Jos 22:23 , 29 :— a. אָבִיב grain in the ear parched with fire, with oil and frankincense Lv 2:14 , 15 . b. סֹלֶת fine flour with oil and frankincense Lv 2:1 ; 6:7 , 8 ; elsewhere בְּלוּלָה בַּשֶּׁמֶן mingled with oil Lv 14:10 , 21 ; 23:13 Nu 7:13 + 10 times 8:8 ; 15:4 , 6 , 9 Nu 28:5 + 6 times; 29:3 , 9 , 14 , except sin offering of very poor where offered without oil and frankincense Lv 5:11–13 . c. סֹלֶת baked in an oven as חַלֹּות perforated cakes, or רְקִיקִים flat cakes Lv 2:4 ; 7:9 Nu 6:1 5, על הַמַּחֲבַת on a flat pan Lv 2: 5; 6:14 ; 7:9 , or מַרְחֶשֶׁת frying pan Lv 2: 7; 7:9 . All these always unleavned ( מַצֹּות ) and mixed with oil and salt Lv 2:11–13 . d. at Pentecost to consecrate new bread,

מִנְחָה חֲדָשָׁה new grain offering of two loaves of leavened bread Lv 23:16 , 17 Nu 28:2 6. e. barley meal without oil or incense; מִנְחַת קְנָאֹת grain offering of jealousy , מ׳ זִכָּרֹון Nu 5:1 5, 18 , 25 . Cf. phrases מִנְחַת הֶבֹּקֶר morning oblation Ex 29:41 Nu 28: 8; קָרְבַּן מ׳ Lv 2: 1, 4 , 13 ; מ׳

AV Authorized Version. < indicates that the following is to be preferred to the preceding. RV Revised Version.

×3 three times. R Redactor (e.g. in Hexateuch).