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# מִשְׁקֶלֶת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4949

**levelling instrument** — used 2 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

levelling instrument [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4949/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִשְׁקֶ֫לֶת: n.f. levelling instrument, level [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4949/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. levelling instrument, level (for horizontal accuracy);—abs. מִשְׁקָ֑לֶת Is 28:17 (fig. of צְדָקָה; ‖ קַי); cstr. -קֹ֫לֶת, fig., מ׳ בֵּית אַחְאָב 2 K 21:13.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Isaiah 28:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.17/#tree)

וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י מִשְׁפָּט֙ לְקָ֔ו וּצְדָקָ֖ה לְמִשְׁקָ֑לֶת וְיָעָ֤ה בָרָד֙ מַחְסֵ֣ה כָזָ֔ב וְסֵ֥תֶר מַ֖יִם יִשְׁטֹֽפוּ׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.make justice (into).a measuring-line and righteousness (into).a leveling.tool and it.will.sweep.away hail \[the\].refuge of.falsehood and.\[the\] shelter waters they.will.overflow

*JPS 1917:* And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.

[2 Kings 21:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.21.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.21.13/#tree)

וְנָטִ֣יתִי עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֵ֚ת קָ֣ו שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן וְאֶת־מִשְׁקֹ֖לֶת בֵּ֣ית אַחְאָ֑ב וּמָחִ֨יתִי אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־יִמְחֶ֤ה אֶת־הַצַּלַּ֙חַת֙ מָחָ֔ה וְהָפַ֖ךְ עַל־פָּנֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.stretch.out over Jerusalem (et) the.measuring-line of.Samaria and (et) the.leveling.tool of.the.house of.Ahab and I.will.wipe.clean (et) Jerusalem just as someone.wipes.clean (et) the bowl he.wipes.\[it\].clean and he.turns.\[it\].over on face its

*JPS 1917:* And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4949/): 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).