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אִשֶּׁהisheh meaning in Biblical Hebrew

a fire-offering; the portion of a sacrifice burned on the altar · masculine noun

Also spelled in English: ishsheh

Illustration for the Biblical Hebrew word isheh

It looks like the word for 'woman' wearing a false moustache. Actually it's the smoke and meat going up on the altar — the Bible's standard word for a sacrifice as fire-food, used dozens of times in Leviticus.

וְהִקְטִיר הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־הַכֹּל הַמִּזְבֵּחָה עֹלָה אִשֶּׁה רֵיחַ־נִיחֹחַ לַיהוָה׃

“And the priest shall burn all of it on the altar, a burnt offering, a fire-offering of pleasing aroma to the LORD. (Leviticus 1:9)”

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