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title: מִדָּה — measure · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִדָּה (4060), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 55 times: measure. BDB 1906: n.f. measure, measurement, stature, size, garment. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִדָּה

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«מִדָּה» 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:** 55 times · **Key:** 4060 · **BDB:** מִדָּה

### Glosses

measurement (12); a.measured.portion (7); the.measurements (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

measure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4060/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. measure, measurement, stature, size, garment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4060/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. measure, measurement, stature, size, garment (mostly late)—מ׳ Ex 26:2 + 35 times; cstr. מִדַּת Ez 40:21 + 2 times; pl. מִדּוֹת Ez 41:17 + 12 times; מִדּוֹתָיו ψ 133:2; מִדּוֹתֶיהָ 48:16;— measure, act of measurement, i.e. long measure Ez 41:17 (del. Co), 42:15; 48:30, 33; cf. Jos 3:4 (P), 1 Ch 23:29, v. also Lv 19:35 (H); once of liquid measure, fig., Jb 28:25; קַו֯ה הַמּ׳ Je 31:39 measuring-line; חֶבֶל מ׳ Zc 2:5 (id.); קְנֵה הַמּ׳ measuring-reed Ez 40:3, 5; 42:16 (del. Co), v 16, 17, 18, 19. measurement, size of curtains in tabern. Ex 26:2, 8; 36:9, 15 (all P); cf. 1 K 6:25; 7:37 (both ‖ קֶצֶב), v 9, 11 2 Ch 3:3 Ez 40:10(×2), 21, 22, 24, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35; 43:13; 46:22; 48:16; once of time, מִדַּת יָמַי ψ 39:5; prob. also Jb 11:9 (fig. of God’s wisdom) where מִדָּהּ = מִדָּתָהּ, cf. Sta§ 347, c. 2; בֵּית מִדּוֹת = house of size Je 22:14; אִישׁ מִדָּה = man of size, stature, 1 Ch 11:23; 20:6; so also prob. ‖ 2 S 21:20 (for ℌ מדין, Qr מָדוֹן, v. \[מַד\]), We Dr Kit Bu; pl. Nu 13:32 Is 45:14. measured portion, extent, stretch (of wall) Ne 3:11, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27, 30, cf. Ez 45:3. garment (pl. poet.) ψ 133:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 53 of its verses cited, 4 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 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 «מִדָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4060/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 28:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.25/)

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לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָר֣וּחַ מִשְׁקָ֑ל וּ֝מַ֗יִם תִּכֵּ֥ן בְּמִדָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* to make for the wind weight and.\[the\] waters he.has.measured with a.measure

*JPS 1917:* When He maketh a weight for the wind, and meteth out the waters by measure.

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[1 Kings 7:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.11/)

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וּמִלְמַ֗עְלָה אֲבָנִ֧ים יְקָר֛וֹת כְּמִדּ֥וֹת גָּזִ֖ית וָאָֽרֶז׃

*Word for word:* and \[were\] from to above stones costly according to.measurements of.hewn.\[stone\] and cedar

*JPS 1917:* And above were costly stones, after the measure of hewn stones, and cedar-wood.

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