הִין noun masculine[Lev 19:36] hin, a liquid measure (ᵐ5 εἴν (Ἴν; ᵐ5L Ἴν); but χοῦς [Lev 19:36] Greek ἴυιον, Egyptian measure, = sextarius, accusative to BöckhMetrol. Unters. 244 compare BrandisMünz- Mass- & Gewichtswesen 29, 30; the Hebrew hin (6.06 litres) was, however, much larger than the Egyptian hin (0.456 litre), see HultschMetrol., Tab. xxi. p. 714, & pp. 368, 450 ff.; see further RiHWB SmithDict.Bib. EMeyGeschichte. i. 228) — absolute הִין [Exod 30:24] + 4 t. [Ezek 45:46] הַהִין [Exod 29:40] (twice in verse) + 14 t.; construct הִין [Lev 19:36] —
1. a measure, used of quantity of water for drinking [Ezek 4:11] usually in connection with offerings:
\ \ a. of oil used with meal-offering [Exod 29:40]; [Num 15:4]; [Num 15:6]; [Num 15:9]; [Num 28:5] (all P), [Ezek 45:24]; [Ezek 46:5]; [Ezek 46:6]; [Ezek 46:11]; [Ezek 46:14] — usually 1/4 hin to 1/10 ephah (of meal-offering); [Num 15:6] 1/3; v[Num 15:9] 1/2; in Ezekiel a (whole) hin, except [Ezek 46:14] 1/3 hin to 1/6. ephah.
\ \ b. used in mixing the anointing oil [Exod 30:24].
\ \ c. of wine as drink-offering [Lev 23:13] (H); elsewhere P, [Exod 29:40]; [Num 15:5]; [Num 28:14] (all 1/4 hin) [Num 15:7]; [Num 28:14] (both 1/3 hin), [Num 15:10]; [Num 28:14] (both 1/2 hin; all with 1/10 to 3/10 ephah in case of meal-offering).
\ \ d. once of שֵׁכָר as drink-offering [Num 28:7] (P; 1/4 hin; compare Di).
2. vessel with capacity of hin [Lev 19:36] (H) הִיןצֶֿדֶק a just hin (|| ׳מאֹזְנֵי צ, ׳אַבְנֵיצֿ, ׳אֵיפַת צ). — The hin = 1/6 bath according to Joseph.Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 3:8»iii. 8, 3; «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 3:9»9, 4, = 6.06 litres (Hultschl.c.), see II. בַּת. On order of words in above passages, note that הִין (׳רְבִיעִת ה etc.) is usually appositive of liquid measured, & either precedes it [Exod 29:40]; [Num 15:4]; [Num 28:14], or, more often, follows it [Exod 30:24] + 10 t.; [Num 28:7] they are in different clauses; in [Exod 29:40] we find בְּשֶׁמֶןרֶ֗֗֗בַע הַהִין, compare [Num 15:6]; [Num 15:9]; [Num 28:5] — [Num 28:14] is peculiar: וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם חֲצִי הַהִין יִהְיֶה לַפָּר וּשְׁלִישִׁת הַהִין לָאַיִל וּרְבִיעִת הַהִין לַכֶּבֶשׂ יָ֑יִן (יין only at end).
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