BDB4510 [H4058 H4059 H4128]

Qal Perfect ׳מ (מָדָ֑ד) Isa 40:12 + 9 t. Ezekiel; suffix מְדָדוֺ Ezek 42:15; Ezek 42:20 1 singular וּמַדֹּתִ֫י Isa 65:7 וּמָֽדְדוּ consecutive Deut 21:2; Ezek 43:10 וּמַדֹּתֶם consecutive Num 35:5 Imperfect וַיָּ֫מָד Ruth 3:15 + 22 t. Ezekiel; 2 masculine singular תָּמוֺד Ezek 45:3 וַיָּמֹ֫דּוּ Exod 16:18 תָּמֹ֫דּוּ Ezek 47:18 Infinitive לָמֹד Zech 2:6 — measure, chiefly literal (usually followed by accusative of thing; object omitted Exod 16:18; Deut 21:2; Ezek 40:35, compare Ezek 47:18 (but see Co); followed by accusative of measure Ruth 3:15; Ezek 42:19; Ezek 47:3; Ezek 47:4 (twice in verse); Ezek 47:5); —

1. measure of length, distance Num 35:5 (P), Deut 21:2 (D), Ezek 40:5; Ezek 40:6; Ezek 40:8; Ezek 40:20 + 32 t. Ezek 40-47 Zech 2:6.

2. of dry measure Exod 16:18 (P), Ruth 3:15.

3. figurative of measuring waters Isa 40:12 (of ׳י); of requital Isa 65:7. Niph`al Imperfect יִמַּד Hos 2:1; Jer 33:22 יִמַּדּוּ Jer 31:37 — be measured, of sand of sea Hos 2:1; Jer 33:22 of heavens Jer 31:37. Pi`el Perfect וּמִדַּדֿ consecutive Job 7:4 (compare Ges^{«GKC:52»§ 52}. 2. R. l); Imperfect וַיְמַדֵּד 2Sam 8:2 וַיְמַדְּדֵם v2Sam 8:2 אֲמַדֵּד Ps 60:8; Ps 108:8 —

1. extend, continue (= make extent or continuation), subject עֶרֶב Job 7:4.

2. measure, measure off, בַחֶבֶל, of apportioning Moabites to death and life, followed by suffix 2Sam 8:2 also object חֲבָלִים v2Sam 8:2 metaphor of conquest, followed by accusative, Ps 60:8 = Ps 108:8 (|| חִלֵּק). Po. Imperfect וַיְמֹ֫דֶד Hab 3:6 (subject God, object אֶרֶץ), measured (namely, with eye) ᵑ9 Hi AV RV, but dubious; ᵐ5 ἐσαλεύθη, ᵑ7 אֲזִיעַ, hence shook Ew Ke Or and others (from √ [מוֺד =] מוֺט, but read then rather וַיְמֹטֵט, although מוט not elsewhere in this conjugation; We, plausibly, וַיְמֹגֵג √ מוג, compare Nah 1:5). Hithpo`el וַיִּתְמֹדֵד followed by עַלהַֿיֶ֫לֶד; 1Kgs 17:21 measured (= extended, stretched) himself upon the boy.