What does הִין mean in the Bible?
הִין is a Hebrew word meaning "a hin or liquid measure".
Hebrew · H1969
הִין
A hin or liquid measure
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הִין H1969
What does הִין mean in the Bible?
הִין is a Hebrew word meaning "a hin or liquid measure".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1969?
The BSB source-word alignment has 22 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include hin (9), of a hin (5), along with a hin (4), a hin (3), and a hin (1).
Where does הִין appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 29:40. Its strongest book concentrations include Numbers (11), Ezekiel (6), Exodus (3), Leviticus (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It hin 9× Exodus 29:40, Leviticus 19:36, Leviticus 23:13, Numbers 15:4
of a hin 5× Numbers 15:6, Numbers 15:7, Numbers 28:14, Ezekiel 4:11
along with a hin 4× Ezekiel 45:24, Ezekiel 46:5, Ezekiel 46:7, Ezekiel 46:11
a hin 3× Numbers 15:9, Numbers 15:10, Numbers 28:14
and a hin 1× Exodus 30:24
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 29:40 הַהִ֔ין to hin Article | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 29:40 הַהִ֖ין to hin Article | Noun - masculine singular construct Exodus 30:24 הִֽין׃ to and a hin Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 19:36 וְהִ֥ין to hin Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Leviticus 23:13 הַהִֽין׃ to hin Article | Noun - masculine singular Numbers 15:4 הַהִ֖ין to hin Article | Noun - masculine singular Numbers 15:5 הַהִ֔ין to hin Article | Noun - masculine singular Numbers 15:6 הַהִֽין׃ to of a hin Article | Noun - masculine singular Numbers 15:7 הַהִ֑ין to of a hin Article | Noun - masculine singular Numbers 15:9 הַהִֽין׃ to a hin Article | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 29:40
Aligned rows 22
Books represented 4
Exodus 3 Leviticus 2 Numbers 11 Ezekiel 6
Source forms
הַהִֽין׃ 4x ha·hîn Leviticus 23:13, Numbers 15:6, Numbers 15:9, Numbers 28:5
הִ֥ין 4x hîn Ezekiel 45:24, Ezekiel 46:5, Ezekiel 46:7, Ezekiel 46:11
הַהִ֔ין 3x ha·hîn Exodus 29:40, Numbers 15:5, Numbers 28:7
הַהִ֖ין 3x ha·hîn Exodus 29:40, Numbers 15:4, Ezekiel 46:14
הַהִ֑ין 3x ha·hîn Numbers 15:7, Numbers 15:10, Ezekiel 4:11
הַהִין֩ 1x ha·hîn Numbers 28:14
הַהִ֣ין 1x ha·hîn Numbers 28:14
הַהִ֛ין 1x ha·hîn Numbers 28:14
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - masculine singular 15x Exodus 29:40, Leviticus 23:13, Numbers 15:4, Numbers 15:5
Noun - masculine singular 5x Exodus 30:24, Ezekiel 45:24, Ezekiel 46:5, Ezekiel 46:7
Article | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Exodus 29:40
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Leviticus 19:36
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a hin or liquid measure
Source Gloss
a hin or liquid measure
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a hin or liquid measure BDB: hin Usage: hin.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain