מִדָּה
middâh · H4061 · Aramaic · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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tax
Exact meaning unsure; probably: an amount of money that is to be paid to a ruler in return for certain rights or privileges
ExamplesEzra 4:13 “Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, custom tax, or toll, and it will be detrimental to the revenue of the kings.
Ezra 4:20 that mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem, governing all the provinces beyond the Euphrates River, and that tribute, custom tax, and toll were paid to them.
Ezra 6:8 “Furthermore, I issue a decree concerning what you are to do for these elders of Judah in the rebuilding of that house of God: the full cost is to be paid to those people from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces beyond the Euphrates River, and that without interruption.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עֲבַרbeyond 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יְהַבdeliver 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- יְדַעcertify 1
- נְתַןbestow 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שַׁלִּיטcaptain 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 6 entries
- Dimension002001001020
- This entry מִדָּה shares its full domain set with the more common noun מִדָּה ('measurement,' מִדָּה (middâh, H4060)); its own attested sense in Ezra-Nehemiah is specifically 'tribute' or 'toll,' a measured payment owed to the crown (e.g. Ezra 4:13's "tribute, custom or toll").
- Large002001001037
- This entry carries no independent “Large” sense of its own; every tagged occurrence is the noun for tribute or payment, as in “Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tax, tribute, or toll” (Ezra 4:13). The “Large” domain is bundle-shared with the related lexeme מִדָּה (middâh, H4060) rather than independently attested here.
- Measure002004002009
- The tribute or toll this word denotes is itself a measured or assessed payment, as in Ezra 4:20's kings who "received tribute, custom, and toll," directly tying the word to a measured assessment.
- Space002002001017
- This entry carries no independent spatial “Space” sense of its own; every tagged occurrence is the noun for tribute or payment, as in “Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tax, tribute, or toll” (Ezra 4:13). The “Space” domain is bundle-shared with the related lexeme מִדָּה (middâh, H4060) rather than independently attested here.
- Tools001003001001017
- This entry carries no independent “Tools” sense of its own; every tagged occurrence is the noun for tribute or payment, as in “Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tax, tribute, or toll” (Ezra 4:13). The “Tools” domain is bundle-shared with the related lexeme מִדָּה (middâh, H4060) rather than independently attested here.
- Objects001
- This domain reflects the related word's broader object sense; this entry's own attested citations (Ezra 4:13, 4:20, 6:8, 7:24) concern tribute as a category of owed payment.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4061. middah or mindah מִדָּה מִנְדָּה, (?) noun feminine tribute (Assyrian loan-word,…
or mindah מִדָּה מִנְדָּה, (?) noun feminine tribute (Assyrian loan-word, compare Biblical Hebrew II. [מִדָּה]); — absolute ׳מִנ Ezr 4:13; Ezr 7:24 + Ezr 4:20 Baer (van d. H. Gi Str מִדָּה); construct מִדַּת Ezr 6:8.
מַנְדַּע see ידע.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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