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title: מֶכֶס — computation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶכֶס (4371), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: computation. BDB 1906: n.m. computation, proportion to be paid, tax. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶכֶס

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«מֶכֶס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **computation** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 4371 · **BDB:** מֶ֫כֶס

### Glosses

tribute (4); a.tribute (1); the.tribute (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

computation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4371/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. computation, proportion to be paid, tax [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4371/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. computation, proportion to be paid, tax (Palm. מכסא ReckendorfZMG 1885, 379 ff.; NH מֶכֶס, Aramaic מִכְסָא, ܡܰܟܣܳܐ tax (hence Arabic مَكْسٌ as loan-word Frä283); Assyrian miksu, DlHWB 407 (√ מכס); NH מוֹכֵס tax-collector; so Assyrian makkasu, cf. Arabic مَكَّاسٌ )—Nu 31:28 וַהֲרֵמֹתָ֫ מ׳ לי׳ and thou shalt separate a tax (duty levied on the spoil) for י׳, v 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 (all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶכֶס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4371/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 31:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.37/)

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וַיְהִ֛י הַמֶּ֥כֶס לַֽיהוָ֖ה מִן־הַצֹּ֑אן שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת חָמֵ֥שׁ וְשִׁבְעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and it.was the tribute for Yahweh from the sheep six hundred(s) five and seventy

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

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[Numbers 31:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.38/)

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וְהַ֨בָּקָ֔ר שִׁשָּׁ֥ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים אָ֑לֶף וּמִכְסָ֥ם לַיהוָ֖ה שְׁנַ֥יִם וְשִׁבְעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and the cattle \[were\].six and thirty thousand and tribute their for Yahweh \[was\].two and seventy

*JPS 1917:* And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.

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