From nuwph; a brandishing (in threat); by implication, tumult; specifically, the official undulation of sacrificial offerings -- offering, shaking, wave (offering).
see HEBREW nuwph
H8573. tenuphah
תְּנוּפָה30 noun feminine a swinging, waving, wave-offering, offering; — absolute ׳ת Isaiah 30:32 +; construct תְּנוּפַת 19:16; Exodus 35:22; plural construct תְּנוּפֹת Numbers 18:11; —
1 a swinging, brandishing, ׳ת י ׳יַד Isaiah 19:16 the brandishing of׳י's hand (in hostility); ת ׳מִלְהֲמוֺת 30:32 battles of brandishing (brandished weapons).
2. a. waving, wave-offering, technical term in P (H), originally of priest's share of sacrifice (compare נוף Hiph`il 4), בְּנֵ ׳לְכָּלתְּֿנוּפֹת ׳יִשׂ נְתַתִּים לְךָ Numbers 18:11; often as 2nd accusative after הֵנִיף Exodus 29:25 5t.; even of Levites Numbers 8:11, 13, 15, 20 (on all see נוף Hiph`il 4); הַתְּ ׳חֲזֵה Exodus 29:27 the wave-breast, so Leviticus 7:34; 10:14-15, Numbers 6:20 (all + הַתְּרוּמָה שׁוֺק) 18:18 (+ הַיָּמִין שׁוֺק); הַתְּ ׳עֹמֶר Leviticus 23:15; הַתְּ ׳לָחֶם 23:17; ׳ת alone 23:20 (all H); less accurately Exodus 29:24; Leviticus 8:27; 14:12, 21, 24 (see נוףl.c.).
b. offering, of gold and brass for tabernacle, Exodus 35:22; 38:24, 29. — On ׳ת see DiLeviticus 7:30 BenzArchaeology 459 f. and especially NowArchaeology ii. 239 f; also תְּרוּמָה.
II. נוף (√ of following; compare Arabic , I, IV. overtop (Frey), camel-hump (ib.); high, lofty (of mountain and building, Lane3039).