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title: מֵמַד — measurement · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵמַד (4461), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: measurement. BDB 1906: measurement. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֵמַד

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«מֵמַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **measurement** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4461 · **BDB:** מֵמַד

### Glosses

measurements (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

measurement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4461/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

measurement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4461/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] measurement;—מִי שָׂם מְמַדֶּיהָ Jb 38:5, i.e. of the earth (‖ מִי־נָטָה עָלֶיהָ קָ֑ו).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «מֵמַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4461/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 38:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.5/)

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מִי־שָׂ֣ם מְ֭מַדֶּיהָ כִּ֣י תֵדָ֑ע א֤וֹ מִֽי־נָטָ֖ה עָלֶ֣יהָ קָּֽו׃

*Word for word:* who? did.he.appoint measurements its (dm) you.know or who? did.he.stretch.out on it a.measuring-line

*JPS 1917:* Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?

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