Midvash

תָּכַןtâkan

regulate, measure, estimate

Pronunciation: taw-kan' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8505

Meanings

Qal: estimate (Proverbs 16:2; Proverbs 21:2; Proverbs 24:12)

Niph`al

1. estimated (1 Samuel 2:3)

2. be adjusted to the standard, i.e. right, equitable (Ezekiel 18:25; Ezekiel 18:29; Ezekiel 33:17)

Pi`el: mete out, מַיִם תִּכֵּן בְּמִדָּה Job 28:25 ׳ וְשָׁמַיִם בַּזֶּרֶת ת Isa 40:12 (|| מדד, כול); ׳ אֶתרֿוּחַ י ׳ מִי ת Isa 40:13 (see Qal; read possibly הֵבִין or הֵכִין); 1 singular תִּכַּ֫נְתִּי עַמּוּדֶיהָ Ps 75:4 I regulate (or adjust) her pillars (i.e. of earth). (Job 28:25; Isaiah 40:12; Isaiah 40:13)

Pu`al: measured out (2 Kings 12:12)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 18 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 2:3 “Stop acting so proud and haughty! Don’t speak with such arrogance! For the Lord is a God who knows what you have done; he will judge your actions.
  • 2 Kings 12:11 Then they gave the money to the construction supervisors, who used it to pay the people working on the Lord’s Temple—the carpenters, the builders,
  • Job 28:25 He decided how hard the winds should blow and how much rain should fall.
  • Psalms 75:3 When the earth quakes and its people live in turmoil, I am the one who keeps its foundations firm. Interlude
  • Proverbs 16:2 People may be pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their motives.
  • Proverbs 21:2 People may be right in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their heart.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).