מֶכֶס

«מֶכֶס» in the Tanakh dictionary: computation — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 6 times · Key: 4371 · BDB: מֶ֫כֶס

Glosses

tribute (4); a.tribute (1); the.tribute (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

computation tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. computation, proportion to be paid, tax tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. computation, proportion to be paid, tax (Palm. מכסא ReckendorfZMG 1885, 379 ff.; NH מֶכֶס, Aramaic מִכְסָא, ܡܰܟܣܳܐ tax (hence Arabic مَكْسٌ as loan-word Frä283); Assyrian miksu, DlHWB 407 (√ מכס); NH מוֹכֵס tax-collector; so Assyrian makkasu, cf. Arabic مَكَّاسٌ )—Nu 31:28 וַהֲרֵמֹתָ֫ מ׳ לי׳ and thou shalt separate a tax (duty levied on the spoil) for י׳, v 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 (all P).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מֶכֶס» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Numbers 31:37

וַיְהִ֛י הַמֶּ֥כֶס לַֽיהוָ֖ה מִן־הַצֹּ֑אן שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת חָמֵ֥שׁ וְשִׁבְעִֽים׃

Word for word: and it.was the tribute for Yahweh from the sheep six hundred(s) five and seventy

JPS 1917: And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

Numbers 31:38

וְהַ֨בָּקָ֔ר שִׁשָּׁ֥ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים אָ֑לֶף וּמִכְסָ֥ם לַיהוָ֖ה שְׁנַ֥יִם וְשִׁבְעִֽים׃

Word for word: and the cattle [were].six and thirty thousand and tribute their for Yahweh [was].two and seventy

JPS 1917: And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.

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