הִין

n.m. Lv 19:36 hin, a liquid measure (𝔊 εἵν (ἵν; 𝔊L ἵν); but χοῦς Lv 19:36; Gk. ἵνιον, Egypt. measure, = sextarius, according to BöckhMetrol. Unters. 244 cf. BrandisMünz- Mass- & Gewichtswesen 29, 30; the Heb. hin (6.06 litres) was, however, much larger than the Egypt. hin (0.456 litre), v. HultschMetrol., Tab. xxi. p. 714, & pp. 368, 450 ff.; v. further RiHWB SmithDict. Bib. E. MeyerGesch. i. 228)—abs. הִין Ex 30:24 + 4 times Ez 45, 46; הַהִין Ex 29:40(×2) + 14 times; cstr. הִין Lv 19:36;— a measure, used of quantity of water for drinking Ez 4:11; usually in connexion with offerings: of oil used with meal-offering Ex 29:40; Nu 15:4, 6, 9; 28:5 (all P), Ez 45:24 46:5, 6, 11, 14;—usually ¼ hin to 1/10 ephah (of meal-offering); Nu 15:6 1/3; v 9 1/2; in Ez a (whole) hin, except 46:14 1/3 hin to 1/6 ephah. used in mixing the anointing oil Ex 30:24. of wine as drink-offering Lv 23:13 (H); elsewhere P, Ex 29:40; Nu 15:5; 28:14 (all 1/4 hin) 15:7; 28:14 (both 1/3 hin), 15:10; 28:14 (both ½ hin; all with 1/10 to 3/10 ephah in case of meal-offering). once of שֵׁכָר as drink-offering Nu 28:7 (P; ¼ hin; cf. Di). vessel with capacity of hin Lv 19:36 (H) הִין־צֶדֶק a just hin (‖ מֹאזְנֵי צ׳, אַבְנֵי־צ׳, אֵיפַת צ׳).—The hin = 1/6 bath according to JosephAnt iii. 8, 3; 9, 4, = 6.06 litres (Hultschl.c.), v. ii. בַּת. On order of words in above passages, note that הִין (רְבִיעִת ה׳ etc.) is usually appos. of liquid measured, & either precedes it Ex 29:40 Nu 15:4; 28:14, or, more often, follows it Ex 30:24 + 10 times; Nu 28:7 they are in diff. clauses; in Ex 29:40 we find בְּשֶׁמֶן … רֶבַע הַהִין, cf. Nu 15:6, 9; 28:5;—Nu 28:14 is peculiar: וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם חֲצִי הַהִין יִהְיֶה לַפָּר וּשְׁלִישִׁת הַהִין לָאַיִל וּרְבִיעִת הַהִין לַכֶּבֶשׂ יָ֑יִן (יין only at end).