מִשְׁקָל
mishqâl · H4948 · Hebrew · 49 occurrences
Meanings
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weight
A measure of the heaviness of an object
ExamplesGenesis 24:22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half-shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels in gold,
Genesis 43:21 and it happened when we came to the campsite, that we opened our sacks, and behold, each man’s money was in the opening of his sack, our money in full. So we have brought it back in our hand.
Leviticus 19:35 ‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or volume.
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totality
Literally: the weight (of a set of objects); hence: the totality of a set of objects
ExamplesEzra 8:30 So the priests and the Levites accepted the weight of silver and gold and the utensils, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
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by weight
Literally: by weight; hence: process by which objects are carefully weighed because of their scarcity
ExamplesEzekiel 4:16 Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, behold, I am going to break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and drink water by measure and in horror,
How it’s used In 10 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
28 occurrences in 13 groups
- הּher 13
- זָהָבgold 3
- נְחֹשֶׁתbronze, copper 3
- הוּhis 3
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- שָׁלוֹשׁthree 1
- שֵׁשׁsix 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שֶׁקֶלshekel 1
What it doesIt is the subject
8 occurrences in 3 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 5
- חָקַרto look for 2
- כָּתַבto write down, to write, to inscribe 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
- קָבַלto receive, to accept 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מָצָאto find 1
What it is said to bePredicate
21 occurrences in 7 groups
- שְׁלוֹשִׁיםthirty 12
- שֶׁקֶלshekel 3
- אַיִןthere is no, not 2
- בֶּקַעa half shekel 1
- זָהָבgold 1
- כִּכָּרtalent, plain, loaf 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- כֶּסֶףsilver 1
- מִשְׁקָלweight 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
12 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 13
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מֹאזֵןbalance 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 2 entries
- Weight002001001070
- מִשְׁקָל denotes physical weight as measured on a balance, used of precious metal (Genesis 24:22's gold ring "weighing" a half-shekel) and of goods weighed out by a fixed standard.
- Quantity002001001046
- The word also functions as a general term for a specified amount or measure, as in Leviticus 19:35's prohibition against wrongdoing "in measurement of weight," grouping it with other units of quantity to be kept honest.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4948. mishqal מִשְׁקָל noun masculine id.;; — absolute׳מ 1Ki 25:16+; construct מִשְׁקַל…
מִשְׁקָל noun masculine id.;; — absolute׳מ 1Ki 25:16+; construct מִשְׁקַל Jdg 8:26+; suffix מִשְׁקָלוֺ Gen 24:22+, etc.; — weight Gen 24:22 (twice in verse)(J), Jos 7:21 (JE), Jdg 8:26; 1Sa 17:5; 2Sa 12:30; 2Sa 21:16a (2Sa 21:16b read שֶׁקֶל with ᵐ5.[see especially ᵐ5L] We Dr and modern), 1Ki 7:47; 1Ki 10:14; Num 7:13 + 11t. Numbers 7 (P), 7 t. Chronicles; of wind Job 28:25; בְּמִשְׁקָלוֺ Gen 43:21(J) in its (full) weight t, compare מ ׳מאֹזְנֵי Eze 5:1; ׳בַּמּ by weight Lev 26:26; 1Ch 28:14 a. 1Ch 28:18 ׳בְּמ id. Eze 4:16 (of bread), Ezr 8:34; 1Ch 28:14b; 1Ch 28:15 (twice in verse); 1Ch 28:17 (twice in verse); ׳בַּמּ Lev 19:35 in respect to weight, compare ׳מ 1Ch 28:16 as to weight, in weight; מ ׳לֹאהָֿיָה (i.e. there was too much to be weighed) 2Ki 25:16 = Jer 52:20,מ ׳אֵתן 1Ch 22:3, 1Ch 22:14.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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