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title: מִכְסָה — computation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִכְסָה (4373), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: computation. BDB 1906: n.f. computation. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִכְסָה

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«מִכְסָה» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4373 · **BDB:** מִכְסָה

### Glosses

number (1); the.amount (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

computation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4373/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. computation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4373/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. computation (f. of מֶכֶס); hence— number, Ex 12:4 (P). valuation, worth, Lv 27:23 (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִכְסָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4373/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 27:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.27.23/)

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וְחִשַּׁב־ל֣וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֗ן אֵ֚ת מִכְסַ֣ת הָֽעֶרְכְּךָ֔ עַ֖ד שְׁנַ֣ת הַיֹּבֵ֑ל וְנָתַ֤ן אֶת־הָעֶרְכְּךָ֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא קֹ֖דֶשׁ לַיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.calculate for himself the priest (et) the.amount of.(the) valuation your until the.year of the.jubilee and he.will.give (et) (the) valuation your on the day (the) that a.holy.thing to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy valuation unto the year of jubilee; and he shall give thy valuation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.

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[Exodus 12:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.4/)

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וְאִם־יִמְעַ֣ט הַבַּיִת֮ מִהְיֹ֣ת מִשֶּׂה֒ וְלָקַ֣ח ה֗וּא וּשְׁכֵנ֛וֹ הַקָּרֹ֥ב אֶל־בֵּית֖וֹ בְּמִכְסַ֣ת נְפָשֹׁ֑ת אִ֚ישׁ לְפִ֣י אָכְל֔וֹ תָּכֹ֖סּוּ עַל־הַשֶּֽׂה׃

*Word for word:* and if it.will.be.\[too\].small the household for being for a.lamb and he.will.take he and neighbor his (the) near to house his by.\[the\] number of.people each.one to the.mouth his.food his you.will.estimate on the lamb

*JPS 1917:* and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbour next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.

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