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# מַד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4055

**measure** — used 11 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

measure [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4055/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַד²: n.m. measure cloth garment [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4055/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 S 4:12 measure, also cloth garment (as extended, wide);—sf. מַדּוֹ ψ 109:18; מִדּוֹ Lv 6:3 2 S 20:8 (מִדָּהּ Jb 11:9, v. sub מִדָּה); pl. מִדִּין Ju 5:10 (v. infr.), 2 S 21:20 Kt (Qr מָדוֹן; read perhaps מִדָּה, v. 1 Ch 20:6, cf. Dr); sf. מִדַּיִךְ Je 13:25; מַדָּיו 1 S 4:12 + 4 times;— measure (only pl.) = apportionment Je 13:25, מְנָֽת־מִדַּיִךְ (of lot of Judah, ‖ גּוֹרָל); cf. lit. 2 S 21:20 Kt (but v. מִדָּה). perhaps cloth, carpet (for sitting on), Ju 5:10 (so most, conj. from context; on pl. in ן, v. Ges§ 87 e). garment, outer garment Ju 3:16; 1 S 4:12, cf. (sim.) ψ 109:18; of fighting-attire 1 S 17:38 (c. vb. הִלְבִּשׁ), v 39 18:4; 2 S 20:8 (‖ לְבוּשׁ); of priest’s garment וְלָבַשׁ הַכֹּהֵן מִדּוֹ בַד Lv 6:3; cf. \[מָדוּ, מַדְוֶה\] sub מדה.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: garments (6); garment (3); measure (1).

## In the verses

[Job 11:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.9/#tree)

אֲרֻכָּ֣ה מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִדָּ֑הּ וּ֝רְחָבָ֗ה מִנִּי־יָֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].long more than.\[the\].earth measure its and broad more.than \[the\].sea

*JPS 1917:* The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

[Judges 5:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.10/#tree)

רֹכְבֵי֩ אֲתֹנ֨וֹת צְחֹר֜וֹת יֹשְׁבֵ֧י עַל־מִדִּ֛ין וְהֹלְכֵ֥י עַל־דֶּ֖רֶךְ שִֽׂיחוּ׃

*Word for word:* O.riders of.female.donkeys tawny O.\[you.who\].sit on garments and O.walkers on \[the\].road tell.out

*JPS 1917:* Ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit on rich cloths, and ye that walk by the way, tell of it;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4055.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4055/): 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).