---
title: מֹאזְנַיִם — balances · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֹאזְנַיִם (3976), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: balances. BDB 1906: du. balances, scales. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3976.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502.md)‎ / מֹאזְנַיִם‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# מֹאזְנַיִם

<!-- .meta -->
«מֹאזְנַיִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **balances** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 15 times · **Key:** 3976 · **BDB:** מאזן

### Glosses

balances (14); of.balances (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

balances [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3976/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

du. balances, scales [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3976/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]du. balances, scales (Arabic مِيزَانٌ, Aramaic (Nasar.) ܡܘܙܰܢܶܐ )—מֹאזְנַיִם (־ָנ֑יִם) Is 40:15 + 4 times; cstr. מֹאזְנֵי Lv 19:36 + 9 times—balances, for weighing money Je 32:10 וָאֶשְׁקֹל הַכֶּסֶף בְּמ׳; hair Ez 5:1 (מ׳ מִשְׁקָל); שַׁחַק מ׳ Is 40:15 dust of bal., sim. of insignif. of nations bef. י׳; fig., calamity Jb 6:2; men ψ 62:10; hills Is 40:12 (שָׁקַל בַּפֶּלֶס הָרִים וּגְבָעוֹת בְּמ׳); מ׳ צֶדֶק Lv 19:36 (‖ אַבְנֵי־צ׳, אֵיפַת צ׳, הִין צ׳), Ez 45:10 (‖ אֵיפַת־צ׳, בַּת־צ׳) cf. Pr 16:11 (פֶּלָס וּא׳ מִשְׁפָּט); fig. Jb 31:6 יִשְׁקְלֵנִי בְּמ׳ צֶדֶק; opp. מ׳ מִרְמָה Pr 11:1 (‖ אֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה); 20:23 (‖ אֶבֶן וָאָ֑בֶן) Am 8:5 (‖ לְהַקְטִין אֵיפָה וּלְהַגְדִּיל שֶׁקֶל) Ho 12:8; מ׳ רֶשַׁע Mi 6:11 (‖ אַבְנֵי מִרְמָה).

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֹאזְנַיִם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3976/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Proverbs 11:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.1/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
מֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭רְמָה תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶ֖בֶן שְׁלֵמָ֣ה רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* balances of.deceit \[are\].(the).abomination of.Yahweh and a.weight perfect pleasure \[is\].his

*JPS 1917:* A false balance is an abomination to the LORD; but a perfect weight is His delight.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Hosea 12:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.12.8/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
כְּנַ֗עַן בְּיָד֛וֹ מֹאזְנֵ֥י מִרְמָ֖ה לַעֲשֹׁ֥ק אָהֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* a.merchant \[who are\] in.his.hand balances of.deceit \[who\].to defraud he.loves

*JPS 1917:* As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand. He loveth to oppress.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [מְאוּרָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3975.md)
- next →: [מַאֲכָל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3978.md)
- ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502.md)