Wave offering

The wave offering (Hebrew: tenufah תנופה) was an offering made by the Jewish priests in token of a solemn special presentation to God (Ex. 29:24, 26, 27; Lev. 7:20-34; 8:27; 9:21; 10:14, 15, etc.). The wave-offering then became the property of the priests.

The first-fruits, a sheaf of barley, which is offered in conjection with the Feast of Unleavened Bread, directly following the Passover; and the first-fruits of the second harvest, the loaves of bread, which are offered at Pentecost, are both a wave-offering.

Etymology

The noun tenufah is formed from the verb nuf in the same way as terumah, the heave offering, is formed from rum "heave." Both occur together in Exodus 29:27.[1] In the Septuagint it was translated aphorisma (ἀφόρισμα).

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References

  1. ^ Brown Driver Briggs Hebrew Lexicon