1) to measure, stretch 1a) (Qal) to measure 1b) (Niphal) to be measured 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to extend, continue 1c2) to measure, measure off 1d) (Po) measured 1e) (Hithpolel) to extend oneself, stretch oneself Also means: mid.dad (מָדַד "to extend" H4059)
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H4058 — מָדַד
ma.dad · to measure · Hebrew/Aramaic
15 tagged verse occurrences
Exodus 16:18 · וַיָּמֹ֣דּוּWhen they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.Numbers 35:5 · וּמַדֹּתֶ֞םYou are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.Deuteronomy 21:2 · וּמָדְדוּ֙your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.Ruth 3:15 · וַיָּ֤מָדAnd he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured in six measures of barley and placed it on her. Then he went into the city.2 Samuel 8:2 · וַֽיְמַדְּדֵ֤ם · וַיְמַדֵּ֤דDavid also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.1 Kings 17:21 · וַיִּתְמֹדֵ֤דThen he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”Job 7:4 · וּמִדַּד־When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.Psalm 60:6 · אֲמַדֵּֽד׃God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.Psalm 108:7 · אֲמַדֵּֽד׃God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.Isaiah 40:12 · מָדַ֨דWho has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?Isaiah 65:7 · וּמַדֹּתִ֧יboth for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”Jeremiah 31:37 · יִמַּ֤דּוּThis is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 33:22 · יִמַּ֖דAs the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”Hosea 1:10 · יִמַּ֖דYet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’Zechariah 2:2 · לָמֹד֙“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”