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title: מִדָּה — tribute · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִדָּה (lemma:מִדָּה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: tribute. BDB 1906: n.f. tribute. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִדָּה

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«מִדָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tribute** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:מִדָּה · **BDB:** מִדָּה²

### Glosses

the.tribute (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tribute [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. tribute [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. tribute (loan-word from Assyrian mandattu, id., √ nadânu = נָתַן DlHWB 451, cf. SchrCOT Ezr 4; 13; also in Biblical Aramaic מִנְדָּה, מִדָּה id.);—מִדַּת הַמֶּלֶךְ Ne 5:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִדָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.5.4/)

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וְיֵשׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֹמְרִ֔ים לָוִ֥ינוּ כֶ֖סֶף לְמִדַּ֣ת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ שְׂדֹתֵ֖ינוּ וּכְרָמֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* and there.\[were\] \[those\].who \[were\].saying we.have.borrowed money for the.tribute of the.king fields our and vineyards our

*JPS 1917:* There were also that said: 'We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards.

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