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title: תֹּכֶן — measurement · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תֹּכֶן (8506), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: measurement. BDB 1906: n.m. measurement. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תֹּכֶן

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«תֹּכֶן» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8506 · **BDB:** תֹּ֫כֶן

### Glosses

measurement (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

measurement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8506/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. measurement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8506/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 45:11 measurement;—cstr. ת׳ לְבֵנִים Ex 5:18 (J) the measurement, tale, of bricks; abs. Ez 45:11 capacity (of ephah and bath).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תֹּכֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8506/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 5:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.5.18/)

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וְעַתָּה֙ לְכ֣וּ עִבְד֔וּ וְתֶ֖בֶן לֹא־יִנָּתֵ֣ן לָכֶ֑ם וְתֹ֥כֶן לְבֵנִ֖ים תִּתֵּֽנּוּ׃

*Word for word:* and now go work and straw not it.will.be.given to you and.\[the\] measurement of.bricks you.will.give

*JPS 1917:* Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.'

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[Ezekiel 45:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.45.11/)

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הָאֵיפָ֣ה וְהַבַּ֗ת תֹּ֤כֶן אֶחָד֙ יִֽהְיֶ֔ה לָשֵׂ֕את מַעְשַׂ֥ר הַחֹ֖מֶר הַבָּ֑ת וַעֲשִׂירִ֤ת הַחֹ֙מֶר֙ הָֽאֵיפָ֔ה אֶל־הַחֹ֖מֶר יִהְיֶ֥ה מַתְכֻּנְתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* the ephah and the bath measurement one it.will.be \[is\].to carry the.tenth.part of the.homer the bath and the.tenth.\[part\] of the.homer the ephah to the homer it.will.be measurement its

*JPS 1917:* The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer; the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

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