[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/measure.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / measure [← M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/M/) # measure «measure» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to find out the size, length, weight, time or amount of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech verb (measure, measures, measured, measuring); noun (a measure, measures) ### meaning for a pupil 1) To measure is to find out the size, length, weight, time or amount of something with a tool, like a ruler, a tape, scales or a clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#m1) 2) «It measures 5 cm» tells how big something is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#m2) 3) A measure is an amount or a unit for it, like a cup or a metre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#m3) 4) A measure is also a step taken to do something: «safety measures». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#m4) 5) In music, a measure is one short part of a tune (a bar). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#m5) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, "measure" is often a fixed amount or container for goods, and honest weights and measures are a command. It can also mean a standard size, as for the tent curtains. Interpretation: Jewish law forbids cheating with false weights and measures and calls it a serious wrong. The rabbis taught that a dishonest merchant offends God as well as his customer. In the primary lessons: finding a length, weight, time or volume; «measures 5 cm» gives a size; in science you measure in experiments and write the results with units; in cooking you measure cups and spoons; phrases «measure out», «measure up», «tape measure», «for good measure» (a little extra) ### examples - Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. (Torah LEV.19.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#x1) - Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small. (Torah DEU.25.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#x2) - The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain; the eleven curtains had one measure. (Torah EXO.36.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#x3) - Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? (Writings JOB.38.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#x4) - He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. (Prophets EZK.42.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#x5) - And above were costly stones, after the measure of hewn stones, and cedar-wood. (Prophets 1KI.7.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#x6) - The pencil measures 12 cm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#x7) - Measure the length of the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#x8) - She measured 3 cups of flour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#x9) - The room measures 4 m by 5 m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#x10) - The nurse measured my height: 1 metre 32. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#x11) - We measured the temperature of the water every hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#x12) - The school took safety measures after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#x13) - Add one more cookie for good measure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#x14) - They were measured and found to be correct. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/#x15) ### note «Measures X» states a size. «Measures 4 m by 5 m» gives length and width (area 20 square metres). Trap: «4 m by 5 m» names the two sides; multiply them only when the area is asked, add them twice for the perimeter. Always write the unit with a measurement. Noun «measurement» is the result you get. ### In the corpora - [The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain; the eleven curtains had one measure.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1097/) - [Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.577/) - [Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.675/) - [And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.158/) - [And the other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.213/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «measure» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.