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title: מָדַד — measure · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָדַד (4058), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 52 times: measure. BDB 1906: vb. measure. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָדַד

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«מָדַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **measure** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 52 times · **Key:** 4058 · **BDB:** מָדַד

### Glosses

he.measured (26); he.measured.out (5); he (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

measure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4058/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. measure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4058/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. measure (NH id.; Ph. מדד; Arabic مَدَّ extend, stretch, مُدٌّ a corn-measure, etc.; Assyrian madâdu, measure; Jew.-Aramaic n. מִידָּה measure, proportion, rule);— Pf. מ׳ (מָדָ֑ד) Is 40:12 + 9 times Ez; sf. מְדָדוֹ Ez 42:15, 20; 1 s. וּמַדֹּתִ֫י Is 65:7; וּמָֽדְדוּ consec. Dt 21:2; Ez 43:10; וּמַדֹּתֶם consec. Nu 35:5; Impf. וַיָּ֫מָד Ru 3:15 + 22 times Ez; 2 ms. תָּמוֹד Ez 45:3; וַיָּמֹ֫דּוּ Ex 16:18; תָּמֹ֫דּוּ Ez 47:18; Inf. לָמֹד Zc 2:6;—measure, chiefly lit. (usually sq.acc. rei; obj. om. Ex 16:18; Dt 21:2; Ez 40:35, cf. 47:18 (but v. Co); sq. acc. of measure Ru 3:15; Ez 42:19; 47:3, 4(×2), 5);— measure of length, distance Nu 35:5 (P), Dt 21:2 (D), Ez 40:5, 6, 8, 20 + 32 times Ez 40–47; Zc 2:6. of dry measure Ex 16:18 (P), Ru 3:15. fig. of measuring waters Is 40:12 (of י׳); of requital Is 65:7. Impf. יִמַּד Ho 2:1; Je 33:22; יִמַּדּוּ Je 31:37;—be measured, of sand of sea Ho 2:1 Je 33:22; of heavens Je 31:37. Pf. וּמִדַּד־ consec. Jb 7:4 (cf. Ges§52, 2. R. 1); Impf. וַיְמַדֵּד 2 S 8:2; וַיְמַדְּדֵם v 2; אֲמַדֵּד ψ 60:8; 108:8;— extend, continue (= make extent or continuation), subj. עֶרֶב Jb 7:4. measure, measure off, בַחֶבֶל, of apportioning Moabites to death and life, sq. sf. 8:2; also obj. חֲבָלִים v 2; metaph. of conquest, sq. acc., ψ 60:8 = 108:8 (‖ חִלֵּק). Impf. וַיְמֹ֫דֶד Hb 3:6 (subj. God, obj. אֶרֶץ), measured (viz. with eye) 𝔙 Hi AV RV, but dub.; 𝔊 ἐσαλεύθη, 𝔗 אֲזִיעַ, hence shook Ew Ke Or al. (from √ \[מוֹד =\] מוֹט, but read then rather וַיְמֹטֵט, although מוט not elsewhere in this conj.; We, plausibly, וַיְמֹגֵג √ מוג, cf. Na 1:5). וַיִּתְמֹדֵד sq. עַל־הַיֶּ֫לֶד; 1 K 17:21 measured (= extended, stretched) himself upon the boy.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 29 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָדַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4058/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 40:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.40.8/)

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וַיָּ֜מָד אֶת־אֻלָ֥ם הַשַּׁ֛עַר מֵהַבַּ֖יִת קָנֶ֥ה אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and he.measured (et) the.porch of the.gate from the house a.reed one

*JPS 1917:* He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.

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[Psalms 60:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.60.8/)

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אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ דִּבֶּ֥ר בְּקָדְשׁ֗וֹ אֶ֫עְלֹ֥זָה אֲחַלְּקָ֥ה שְׁכֶ֑ם וְעֵ֖מֶק סֻכּ֣וֹת אֲמַדֵּֽד׃

*Word for word:* God he.has.spoken in sanctuary his I.will.exult I.will.divide.up Shechem and the.Valley of.Succoth I.will.measure.off

*JPS 1917:* God spoke in His holiness, that I would exult; that I would divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

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