Numbers 29:9

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the one ram,

World English Bible · Public Domain

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עֶשְׂרֹנִים֙

ʻissârôwn

H6241

“tithes”

Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute

Appears 33× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Exodus 29:40

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H6235

TWOT: 1711h

tenth part, tithe

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

11: words
10: distinct lemmas
Pentateuch: section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

עֶשְׂרֹנִים֙ tithe H6241 occurs in 22 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

1 verb
7 nouns
3 adjectives

Verb forms

בְּלוּלָ֣ה Qal · Participle Passive

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

עֶשְׂרֹנִים֙ tithe H6241 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 21 words from the Hebrew and 22 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 11 Hebrew tokens and 20 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Numbers 29:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Numbers 15:3–12 and will make an offering by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill-offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savor to Yahweh, of the herd, or of the flock;

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Numbers 29:9 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וּמִנְחָתָ֔ם סֹ֖לֶת בְּלוּלָ֣ה בַשָּׁ֑מֶן שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה עֶשְׂרֹנִים֙ לַפָּ֔ר שְׁנֵי֙ עֶשְׂרֹנִ֔ים לָאַ֖יִל הָאֶחָֽד

and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the one ram,

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Numbers 29:9 Septuagint · lemma form

ὁ θυσία αὐτός σεμίδαλις ἀναποιέω ἐν ἔλαιον τρεῖς δέκατος ὁ μόσχος ὁ εἷς καί δύο δέκατος ὁ κριός ὁ εἷς

Their meat-offering shall be fine flour mingled with oil; three tenth deals for one calf, and two tenth deals for one ram.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וּמִנְחַתְהוֹן סֻלְתָּא דְפִילָא בִמְשָׁח תְּלָתָא עִשְׂרוֹנִין לְתוֹרָא תְּרֵין עִשְׂרוֹנִין לְדִכְרָא חָד

(no public-domain English translation for this verse)

Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)

וּמִנְחַתְהוֹן סְמִידָא דְחִנְטַיָא פְּתִיכָא בִמְשַׁח זֵיתָא תְּלָתָא עֶשְרוֹנִין לְתוֹרָא תְּרֵין עֶשְרוֹנִין לְדִכְרָא חָד

and their mincha of wheat flour mingled with olive oil, three tenths for the bullock, two tenths for one ram,

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Numbers 29:9 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

John Gill's Exposition

And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation,.... Of the same month Tisri, which was the seventh from Nisan or Abib, though it was formerly the first month of the year:

ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days; the feast of tabernacles, which began on the fifteenth day of this month.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

fine flour mixed with oil

This can be stated in active form. AT: "fine flour which you have mixed with oil" (See: Active or Passive)

three-tenths of an ephah

"Three-tenths" means three parts out of ten equal parts. This can be written in modern measurements. AT: "six liters" or "three-tenths of an ephah (which is about six liters)" (See: Fractions and Biblical Volume)

two-tenths

The words "of an ephah" are understood from earlier in the verse. They can be repeated here. "Two-tenths" means two parts out of ten equal parts. This can be written in modern measurements. AT: "four and a half liters" or "two-tenths of an ephah (which is about 4.5 liters)" (See: Ellipsis and Fractions and Biblical Volume)

a tenth of an ephah

"A tenth" means one part out of ten equal parts. This can be written in modern measurements. AT: "2 liters" or "a tenth of an ephah (which is about 2 liters)" (See: Fractions and Biblical Volume)

of atonement

The word "atonement" can be expressed with the verb "atone." AT: "that atones for you" (See: Abstract Nouns)

its grain offering, and their drink offerings

The grain offering was to be offered with the burnt offering. The drink offerings were to be offered with both the sin offering and the burnt offering. AT: "along with the grain offering and the drink offerings that accompany them" (See: Possession)

translationWords

grain offering

oil

goat

sin offering

atonement

drink offering

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Lesson kit

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 11 words (10 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʻissârôwn (“tithe”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word ʻissârôwn carries the sense “tithe.” How does it shape the verse?
Exodus 29:40 shares the word «tithe» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“tithe” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
The verb «בְּלוּלָ֣ה» is Qal Participle Passive. How does its form color the action?
Reading how John Gill's Exposition and unfoldingWord translationNotes read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 11 Hebrew ↔ 20 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 17 words in this verse.
“tithe” occurs 2× in this single verse.
10 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 11 words in this verse.