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# מֹאזְנַיִם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3976

**balances** — used 15 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

balances [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3976/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מאזן: du. balances, scales [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3976/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]du. balances, scales (Arabic مِيزَانٌ, Aramaic (Nasar.) ܡܘܙܰܢܶܐ )—מֹאזְנַיִם (־ָנ֑יִם) Is 40:15 + 4 times; cstr. מֹאזְנֵי Lv 19:36 + 9 times—balances, for weighing money Je 32:10 וָאֶשְׁקֹל הַכֶּסֶף בְּמ׳; hair Ez 5:1 (מ׳ מִשְׁקָל); שַׁחַק מ׳ Is 40:15 dust of bal., sim. of insignif. of nations bef. י׳; fig., calamity Jb 6:2; men ψ 62:10; hills Is 40:12 (שָׁקַל בַּפֶּלֶס הָרִים וּגְבָעוֹת בְּמ׳); מ׳ צֶדֶק Lv 19:36 (‖ אַבְנֵי־צ׳, אֵיפַת צ׳, הִין צ׳), Ez 45:10 (‖ אֵיפַת־צ׳, בַּת־צ׳) cf. Pr 16:11 (פֶּלָס וּא׳ מִשְׁפָּט); fig. Jb 31:6 יִשְׁקְלֵנִי בְּמ׳ צֶדֶק; opp. מ׳ מִרְמָה Pr 11:1 (‖ אֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה); 20:23 (‖ אֶבֶן וָאָ֑בֶן) Am 8:5 (‖ לְהַקְטִין אֵיפָה וּלְהַגְדִּיל שֶׁקֶל) Ho 12:8; מ׳ רֶשַׁע Mi 6:11 (‖ אַבְנֵי מִרְמָה).

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: balances (14); of balances (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 11:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.1/#tree)

מֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭רְמָה תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶ֖בֶן שְׁלֵמָ֣ה רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* balances of.deceit \[are\].(the).abomination of.Yahweh and a.weight perfect pleasure \[is\].his

*JPS 1917:* A false balance is an abomination to the LORD; but a perfect weight is His delight.

[Hosea 12:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.12.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.12.8/#tree)

כְּנַ֗עַן בְּיָד֛וֹ מֹאזְנֵ֥י מִרְמָ֖ה לַעֲשֹׁ֥ק אָהֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* a.merchant \[who are\] in.his.hand balances of.deceit \[who\].to defraud he.loves

*JPS 1917:* As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand. He loveth to oppress.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3976.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3976/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).