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title: תָּכַן — regulate · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּכַן (8505), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: regulate. BDB 1906: vb. regulate, measure, estimate Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּכַן

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«תָּכַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **regulate** — 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 8505 · **BDB:** תָּכַן

### Glosses

it.is.correct (5); are.they.correct (2); is.it.correct (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

regulate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8505/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. regulate, measure, estimate Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8505/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. regulate, measure, estimate (cf. Aramaic Pa. תַּכֵּן (rare) prepare (= הֵכִין, כּוֹנֵן); according to RySyn. d. Wahren u. Guten 33 a secondary √ from כון);— Pt. estimate, fig.: וְתֹכֵן רוּחוֹת י׳ Pr 16:2, so (לִבּוֹת) 21:2; 24:12. Pf. 3 pl. נִתְכְּנוּ עֲלִלוֹת \[לוֹ\] וְלֹא 1 S 2:3 by him (י׳) are actions estimated. Impf., be adjusted to the standard, i.e. right, equitable: subj. דֶּרֶךְ (of י׳ and of Israel), 3 ms. יִתָּכֵן Ez 18:25(×2), 29(×2); 33:17(×2), 20; 3 mpl. יִתָּֽכְנוּ 18:29, יִתָּכֵּ֑נוּ v 25. Pf. 3 ms.: mete out, מַיִם תִּכֵּן בְּמִדָּה Jb 28:25; וְשָׁמַיִם בַּזֶּרֶת ת׳ Is 40:12 (‖ מדד, כול); מִי ת׳ אֶת־רוּחַ י׳ v 13 (v. Qal; read poss. הֵבִין or הֵכִין); 1 s. תִּכַּ֫נְתִּי עַמּוּדֶיהָ ψ 75:4 I regulate (or adjust) her pillars (i.e. of earth). Pt. הַכֶּסֶף הַמְּתֻכָּן 2 K 12:12 the silver which was measured out.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּכַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8505/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 28:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.25/)

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לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָר֣וּחַ מִשְׁקָ֑ל וּ֝מַ֗יִם תִּכֵּ֥ן בְּמִדָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* to make for the wind weight and.\[the\] waters he.has.measured with a.measure

*JPS 1917:* When He maketh a weight for the wind, and meteth out the waters by measure.

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[Psalms 75:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.75.4/)

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נְֽמֹגִ֗ים אֶ֥רֶץ וְכָל־יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ אָנֹכִ֨י תִכַּ֖נְתִּי עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ סֶּֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].melting.away \[the\].earth and all inhabitants its I I.put.in.order pillars its Selah

*JPS 1917:* When the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved, I Myself establish the pillars of it.' Selah

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