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title: מִשְׁקֶלֶת — levelling instrument · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִשְׁקֶלֶת (4949), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: levelling instrument. BDB 1906: n.f. levelling instrument, level. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִשְׁקֶלֶת

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«מִשְׁקֶלֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **levelling instrument** — 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:** 4949 · **BDB:** מִשְׁקֶ֫לֶת

### Glosses

leveling.tool (1); the.leveling.tool (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

levelling instrument [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4949/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. levelling instrument, level [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4949/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. levelling instrument, level (for horizontal accuracy);—abs. מִשְׁקָ֑לֶת Is 28:17 (fig. of צְדָקָה; ‖ קַי); cstr. -קֹ֫לֶת, fig., מ׳ בֵּית אַחְאָב 2 K 21:13.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִשְׁקֶלֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4949/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 28:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.17/)

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וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י מִשְׁפָּט֙ לְקָ֔ו וּצְדָקָ֖ה לְמִשְׁקָ֑לֶת וְיָעָ֤ה בָרָד֙ מַחְסֵ֣ה כָזָ֔ב וְסֵ֥תֶר מַ֖יִם יִשְׁטֹֽפוּ׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.make justice (into).a measuring-line and righteousness (into).a leveling.tool and it.will.sweep.away hail \[the\].refuge of.falsehood and.\[the\] shelter waters they.will.overflow

*JPS 1917:* And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.

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[2 Kings 21:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.21.13/)

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וְנָטִ֣יתִי עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֵ֚ת קָ֣ו שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן וְאֶת־מִשְׁקֹ֖לֶת בֵּ֣ית אַחְאָ֑ב וּמָחִ֨יתִי אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־יִמְחֶ֤ה אֶת־הַצַּלַּ֙חַת֙ מָחָ֔ה וְהָפַ֖ךְ עַל־פָּנֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.stretch.out over Jerusalem (et) the.measuring-line of.Samaria and (et) the.leveling.tool of.the.house of.Ahab and I.will.wipe.clean (et) Jerusalem just as someone.wipes.clean (et) the bowl he.wipes.\[it\].clean and he.turns.\[it\].over on face its

*JPS 1917:* And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

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