What does "hin" mean?

A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).

Hin

Common synonyms include: aim at, deictic pronoun, demonstrative pronoun, dialectal form, direct toward, directional cue.

/ˈhɪn/ name, noun

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Noun

1
A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L). historical
"500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil."
2
ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons wordnet
3
An Ancient Egyptian liquid measure of volume (about 0.48 L). historical
"The hin for liquids was subdivided dimidially down to ¹⁄₃₂ = 1 ro."

Proper Noun

"500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil."

Etymology 1

From Middle English hin, from Latin hin, from Hebrew הִין, from Egyptian h:n-nw-w-W22 (hnw, “jar, unit of liquid volume”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Khmer. Borrowed also from Dutch Hin.