תְּנוּפָה
te.nu.phah (H8573)
wave offering
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# Tenupah: The Wave Offering in Hebrew Scripture The Hebrew word *tenupah* (תְּנוּפָה) refers to a "wave offering," a specific type of ritual presentation in ancient Israelite religious practice. The term appears 30 times throughout the Bible, indicating it held meaningful structural importance in the sacrificial system. The word itself derives from a root suggesting movement or motion, which aligns with its fundamental meaning: an offering that was physically moved or waved before the altar as part of the ceremonial act. The *tenupah* represents a distinct category within the broader system of offerings described in biblical law. Unlike some offerings that were simply presented or burned, this one involved deliberate motion—the waving gesture—as an integral part of the ritual itself. This physical movement appears to have been essential to the offering's character and religious significance. The repeated use across biblical texts suggests that wave offerings were a regular and recognized element of Israelite religious observance, not an exceptional or peripheral practice. The presence of this specialized term and its consistent appearance in biblical literature indicates that ancient Israelite religion maintained precise vocabulary for different types of ritual actions. The *tenupah* occupied a recognized place within a larger system of religious practices, with its own distinct procedures and meaning. Understanding this word provides insight into how ancient Israelite worshippers organized and conceptualized their ritual life through specific,
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You shall put all of this in Aaron’s hands, and in his sons’ hands, and shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
“You shall take the breast of Aaron’s ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh. It shall be your portion.
You shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the wave offering, which is waved, and which is raised up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons.
They came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought brooches, earrings, signet rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man who offered an offering of gold to Yahweh.
All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
The bronze of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels.
With his own hands he shall bring the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before Yahweh.
For the waved breast and the heaved thigh I have taken from the children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel.’ ”
He put all these in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before Yahweh. It was Moses’ portion of the ram of consecration, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh for a wave offering before Yahweh, as Moses commanded.
The waved breast and the heaved thigh you shall eat in a clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters with you: for they are given as your portion, and your sons’ portion, out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the children of Israel.
The heaved thigh and the waved breast they shall bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh. It shall be yours, and your sons’ with you, as a portion forever, as Yahweh has commanded.”
“The priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer him for a trespass offering, with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
“If he is poor, and can’t afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;
The priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
“ ‘You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed.
You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to Yahweh.
The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before Yahweh, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest.
and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. They are holy for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.
and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yahweh.
You shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh.
“After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. You shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering.
The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Yahweh and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
“This is yours, too: the wave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel. I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a portion forever. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.
Their meat shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours.
In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because of the shaking of Yahweh of Armies’s hand, which he shakes over them.
Every stroke of the rod of punishment, which Yahweh will lay on him, will be with the sound of tambourines and harps. He will fight with them in battles, brandishing weapons.