King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H8641
Transliteration: terumah
Phonetic Spelling: (ter-oo-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: contribution, offering (for sacred uses)
Meaning: contribution, offering (for sacred uses)
Word Summary
terumah: contribution, offering (for sacred uses)
Original Word: תְּרוּמָהTransliteration: terumah
Phonetic Spelling: (ter-oo-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: contribution, offering (for sacred uses)
Meaning: contribution, offering (for sacred uses)
Strong's Concordance
gift, heave offering shoulder, oblation, offering Or trumah (Deut 12:11) {ter-oo-maw'}; from ruwm; a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute -- gift, heave offering ((shoulder)), oblation, offered(-ing).
see HEBREW ruwm
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8641. terumah
תְּרוּמָה noun feminine contribution, offering, for sacred uses (not certain before Deuteronomy; chiefly Ezekiel, P and late) (properly something lifted off, separated); — absolute ׳ת Ezekiel 45:13 +; construct תְּרוּמַת Exodus 30:14 +; suffix תְּרוּמָתִי 25:2, מַתְכֶם- Numbers 18:27, מָתָם- Exodus 29:28; pluralתְּרוּמוֺת Nehemiah 12:44; Proverbs 29:4, מֹת- 2 Samuel 1:21; Numbers 18:19; suffix תְּרוּמֹתָ֑י 18:8, etc.; —
1 earliest use: contribution of products of soil for יֶדְכֶם תְּרוּמַת ׳י, Deuteronomy 12:6, 11, compare 12:17; also Esz Deuteronomy 20:40; Numbers 15:19-20, 21.
2 contribution for prince, in Ezekiel's scheme: Ezekiel 45:13, 16
3 tract of land to be set apart for temple, and for use of priests and Levites, in Ezekiel's scheme: Ezekiel 45:1; 48:8; 48:9; 48:20a; 48:21b; called ׳ת הַקֹּדֶשׁ 45:6-7, (twice in verse); 48:10, 18; 45:18, 20b; 45:21a; Ezekiel 45: ׳ת קָֽדָשִׁים קֹדֶשׁ הָאָרֶץ 45:12.
4 contribution to ׳י, set apart for priests, Ezekiel 44:30; Leviticus 22:12; Numbers 5:9; 18:8, 11, 19; 2 Chronicles 31:10, 12, 14; specifically:
a. of cakes and cereals Leviticus 7:14; Nehemiah 10:38; Nehemiah 10:40 (also for Levites), 12:44 (id.), 13:5; compare תְרוּמוֺת וּשְׂדֵי 2 Samuel 1:21, i.e. (si vera lectio) fields yielding sacred imposts, but very dubious; ᵐ5L ὄρη θανάτου, compare We; JP PetJBL xii (1893), 54 proposes ׳ה ׳שׂ, מָוֶת (הָרֵי) as gloss; HPS הַמָּוֶת שְׂדוֺת; > Sta עֲרֵמוֺת וּשְׂדֵי; see also Dr.
b. of animal sacrifice, the thigh, הַתּ ׳שׁוֺק Exodus 29:27; Leviticus 7:34; 10:14-15, Numbers 6:20.
c. priests' share of Levites' tithe, Numbers 18:26-27, 28 (twice in verse); 18:29.
d. of booty Numbers 31:29, 41, 52.
e. tithe for Levites Numbers 18:24.
5 materials for tabernacle, sacred garments, etc., Exodus 25:2 (twice in verse); 25:3; 35:5 (twice in verse); 35:21, 24 (twice in verse); 36:3, 6; for temple Ezra 8:25.
6 half-shekel for maintaining service of sanctuary Exodus 30:13-14, 15.
7 late, contribution, in General, תְּרוּמוֺת אִישׁ Proverbs 29:4 a man of contributions, i.e. demanding them, = man of exactions. — ׳תּ Isaiah 40:20 of idol-image (si vera lectio), so still Di-Kit; read perhaps ᵐ5 תְּמוּנָה (ὁμοίωμα 40:19) Du; other conjectures in CheHpt, see also III. [סָכַן]. — Vbs. with ׳ת are: הֵרִים Ezekiel 45:1 14t., הֵבִיא Deuteronomy 12:6 9t., נָתַן Ezekiel 44:30 9t., לָקַח Exodus 25:2 (twice in verse) + 4 t., הִקְרִיב Leviticus 7:14; Numbers 5:9. — See DrDeuteronomy 12:6; Hast. DB iii. 588.