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Syntax of the Wave Offering: Moses and the Breast Portion in Leviticus 8:29
וַיִּקַּ֤ח מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶת־הֶ֣חָזֶ֔ה וַיְנִיפֵ֥הוּ תְנוּפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה מֵאֵ֣יל הַמִּלֻּאִ֗ים לְמֹשֶׁ֤ה הָיָה֙ לְמָנָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃
(Leviticus 8:29)
And Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before YHWH; from the ram of ordination it was Moses’s portion, just as YHWH commanded Moses.
The Language of Ordination
Leviticus 8:29 belongs to the priestly narrative of the ordination of Aharon and his sons. The verse describes Moses taking the breast of the ram of ordination and presenting it as a wave offering before YHWH.… Learn Hebrew
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