Note 110 — II. OUR DUTIES. (continued 4)

The idea of introduction is implied in the term minchah, “introduction” (from the root ‏נחה‎ “to lead,” “to conduct”).—Minchah, originally denoting any present or offering, was the special name of flour-offerings, probably because flour or corn was the most common minchah offered by people to their sovereign.—Comp. “I will appease him with the present (minchah) that goeth before me, and afterwards I will see his face” (Gen. xxxii. 21). ↑