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title: מַתְכֹנֶת — measurement · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַתְכֹנֶת (4971), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: measurement. BDB 1906: n.f. measurement, tale, proportion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַתְכֹנֶת

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«מַתְכֹנֶת» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 4971 · **BDB:** מַתְכֹּ֫נֶת²

### Glosses

measurement (2); proportion\[s\] (2); the.measurement (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

measurement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4971/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. measurement, tale, proportion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4971/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. measurement, tale, proportion;— cstr. מ׳ הַלְּבֵנִים Ex 5:8 (J) the tale of bricks (cf. i. תֹּכֶן). sf. -כֻּנְתּוֹ measurement, proportion, of ephah and bath Ez 45:11; of composition of sacred oil Ex 30:32, -תָּהּ v 37 (P); of temple, its measurement, proportion -תּוֹ 2 Ch 24:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַתְכֹנֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4971/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 30:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.30.37/)

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וְהַקְּטֹ֙רֶת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה בְּמַ֨תְכֻּנְתָּ֔הּ לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּ לָכֶ֑ם קֹ֛דֶשׁ תִּהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֖ לַיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the incense which you.will.make in proportion\[s\] its not you.must.make for yourselves a.holy.thing it.will.be to you to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves; it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.

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[Exodus 30:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.30.32/)

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עַל־בְּשַׂ֤ר אָדָם֙ לֹ֣א יִיסָ֔ךְ וּבְמַ֨תְכֻּנְתּ֔וֹ לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּ כָּמֹ֑הוּ קֹ֣דֶשׁ ה֔וּא קֹ֖דֶשׁ יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* on \[the\].body of.a.person not it.will.be.poured and in proportion\[s\] its not you.must.make like it \[is\].a.holy.thing it a.holy.thing it.will.be to you

*JPS 1917:* Upon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof; it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.

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