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# hin

noun

«hin» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

Used to measure oil and wine for the tabernacle anointing oil and offerings.

**Interpretation.** Tradition says the amounts of oil and wine for each offering were fixed exactly, as in the laws of the meal and drink offerings.

### Meaning

An ancient Hebrew measure of liquid, about a gallon or a little more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hin/#m1)

### Examples

- and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. (Torah EXO.30.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hin/#x1)
- and for the drink-offering thou shalt present the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. (Torah NUM.15.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hin/#x2)
- and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, shalt thou prepare with the burnt-offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb. (Torah NUM.15.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hin/#x3)
- Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of a hin; from time to time shalt thou drink. (Prophets EZK.4.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hin/#x4)
- And he shall prepare a meal-offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and a hin of oil to an ephah. (Prophets EZK.45.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hin/#x5)
- and the meal-offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal-offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah. (Prophets EZK.46.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hin/#x6)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hin» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hin» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hin.html) on Mova free.