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# תָּכַן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8505

**regulate** — used 18 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

regulate [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8505/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תָּכַן: vb. regulate, measure, estimate Qal [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8505/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. regulate, measure, estimate (cf. Aramaic Pa. תַּכֵּן (rare) prepare (= הֵכִין, כּוֹנֵן); according to RySyn. d. Wahren u. Guten 33 a secondary √ from כון);— Pt. estimate, fig.: וְתֹכֵן רוּחוֹת י׳ Pr 16:2, so (לִבּוֹת) 21:2; 24:12. Pf. 3 pl. נִתְכְּנוּ עֲלִלוֹת \[לוֹ\] וְלֹא 1 S 2:3 by him (י׳) are actions estimated. Impf., be adjusted to the standard, i.e. right, equitable: subj. דֶּרֶךְ (of י׳ and of Israel), 3 ms. יִתָּכֵן Ez 18:25(×2), 29(×2); 33:17(×2), 20; 3 mpl. יִתָּֽכְנוּ 18:29, יִתָּכֵּ֑נוּ v 25. Pf. 3 ms.: mete out, מַיִם תִּכֵּן בְּמִדָּה Jb 28:25; וְשָׁמַיִם בַּזֶּרֶת ת׳ Is 40:12 (‖ מדד, כול); מִי ת׳ אֶת־רוּחַ י׳ v 13 (v. Qal; read poss. הֵבִין or הֵכִין); 1 s. תִּכַּ֫נְתִּי עַמּוּדֶיהָ ψ 75:4 I regulate (or adjust) her pillars (i.e. of earth). Pt. הַכֶּסֶף הַמְּתֻכָּן 2 K 12:12 the silver which was measured out.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it is correct (5); are they correct (2); is it correct (2).

## In the verses

[Job 28:25](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.25/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.25/#tree)

לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָר֣וּחַ מִשְׁקָ֑ל וּ֝מַ֗יִם תִּכֵּ֥ן בְּמִדָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* to make for the wind weight and.\[the\] waters he.has.measured with a.measure

*JPS 1917:* When He maketh a weight for the wind, and meteth out the waters by measure.

[Psalms 75:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.75.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.75.4/#tree)

נְֽמֹגִ֗ים אֶ֥רֶץ וְכָל־יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ אָנֹכִ֨י תִכַּ֖נְתִּי עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ סֶּֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].melting.away \[the\].earth and all inhabitants its I I.put.in.order pillars its Selah

*JPS 1917:* When the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved, I Myself establish the pillars of it.' Selah

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8505.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8505/): 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).