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מִשְׁקֶלֶת

«מִשְׁקֶלֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: levelling instrument — 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: 2 times · Key: 4949 · BDB: מִשְׁקֶ֫לֶת

Glosses

leveling.tool (1); the.leveling.tool (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

levelling instrument tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. levelling instrument, level tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. levelling instrument, level (for horizontal accuracy);—abs. מִשְׁקָ֑לֶת Is 28:17 (fig. of צְדָקָה; ‖ קַי); cstr. -קֹ֫לֶת, fig., מ׳ בֵּית אַחְאָב 2 K 21:13.

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

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Isaiah 28:17

וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י מִשְׁפָּט֙ לְקָ֔ו וּצְדָקָ֖ה לְמִשְׁקָ֑לֶת וְיָעָ֤ה בָרָד֙ מַחְסֵ֣ה כָזָ֔ב וְסֵ֥תֶר מַ֖יִם יִשְׁטֹֽפוּ׃

Word for word: and I.will.make justice (into).a measuring-line and righteousness (into).a leveling.tool and it.will.sweep.away hail [the].refuge of.falsehood and.[the] shelter waters they.will.overflow

JPS 1917: And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.

2 Kings 21:13

וְנָטִ֣יתִי עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֵ֚ת קָ֣ו שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן וְאֶת־מִשְׁקֹ֖לֶת בֵּ֣ית אַחְאָ֑ב וּמָחִ֨יתִי אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־יִמְחֶ֤ה אֶת־הַצַּלַּ֙חַת֙ מָחָ֔ה וְהָפַ֖ךְ עַל־פָּנֶֽיהָ׃

Word for word: and I.will.stretch.out over Jerusalem (et) the.measuring-line of.Samaria and (et) the.leveling.tool of.the.house of.Ahab and I.will.wipe.clean (et) Jerusalem just as someone.wipes.clean (et) the bowl he.wipes.[it].clean and he.turns.[it].over on face its

JPS 1917: And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

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