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title: תׇּכְנִית — measurement · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תׇּכְנִית (8508), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: measurement. BDB 1906: n.f. measurement, proportion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תׇּכְנִית

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«תׇּכְנִית» 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:** 8508 · **BDB:** תָּכְנִית

### Glosses

a.pattern (1); of.an.example (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

measurement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8508/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. measurement, proportion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8508/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. measurement, proportion;—abs. Ez 43:10 (תָּכְנִיתוֹ 𝔊 Ew Hi Co Toy al.); חוֹתֵם ת׳ 28:12 thou wert one sealing up (the) measure (RVm), i.e. exhibiting perfect proportion; Codd Sm al. חוֹחַם ת׳ the seal of (perfect) proportion; but dub., v. Comm.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «תׇּכְנִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8508/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 43:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.43.10/)

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אַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֗ם הַגֵּ֤ד אֶת־בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־הַבַּ֔יִת וְיִכָּלְמ֖וּ מֵעֲוֺנֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם וּמָדְד֖וּ אֶת־תָּכְנִֽית׃

*Word for word:* you O.son of.humankind declare (et) the.house of.Israel (et) the house so that.they.may.be.ashamed from iniquities their and they.will.measure (et) a.pattern

*JPS 1917:* Thou, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure accurately.

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[Ezekiel 28:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.12/)

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בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם שָׂ֥א קִינָ֖ה עַל־מֶ֣לֶךְ צ֑וֹר וְאָמַ֣רְתָּ לּ֗וֹ כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה אַתָּה֙ חוֹתֵ֣ם תָּכְנִ֔ית מָלֵ֥א חָכְמָ֖ה וּכְלִ֥יל יֹֽפִי׃

*Word for word:* O.son of.humankind take.up a.lamentation on the.king of.Tyre and you.will.say to him thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh you \[were.one.who\].seals of.an.example \[you.were\].full of.wisdom and perfect of.beauty

*JPS 1917:* 'Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say unto him: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Thou seal most accurate, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty,

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