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Strong's #8505 - תָּכַן
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2893) nkt (תכנ TKN) AC: Weigh CO: Measure AB: Sum
V) nkt (תכנ TKN) - Weigh: To measure out by weight. KJV (18): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Pual, Piel, Participle) equal, weigh, ponder, unequal, direct, meter - Strongs: H8505 (תָּכַן)
Nf4) tinkt (תכנית TKNYT) - Sum: An amount weighted out. KJV (2): sum, pattern - Strongs: H8508 (תָּכְנִית)
df1) enfkt (תכונה TKWNH) - Treasure: As weighed out. KJV (2): fashion, store - Strongs: H8498 (תְּכוּנָה)
gm) nkft (תוכנ TWKN) - Measure: An amount weighted out. KJV (2): tale, measure - Strongs: H8506 (תֹּכֶן)
acf2) tnfktm (מתכונת MTKWNT) - Sum: An amount weighted out. KJV (5): tale - Strongs: H4971 (מַתְכֻנֶת)
adf2) tnfktm (מתכונת MTKWNT) - Measure: An amount weighted out. KJV (5): composition, state, measure - Strongs: H4971 (מַתְכֻנֶת)
Jeff Brenner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
תָּכַן
(1) pr. to make even, to level (kindred to תָּקַן). See Niphal.
(2) to poise, to weigh (from the equilibrium of the balance); metaph. to prove, try, examine, Proverbs 16:2, תֹּכֵן רוּחוֹת יְהֹוָה “Jehovah proves the spirits;” Proverbs 21:2, 24:12.
Niphal, prop. to be levelled, made even, as a way; figuratively, to be right, as a course of acting (compare יָשַׁר), Ezekiel 18:25, 29 Ezekiel 18:29, 33:17, 20 Ezekiel 33:20; 1 Samuel 2:3. Compare תָּכַן.
Piel תִּכֵּן
(1) to weigh, e.g. waters, Job 28:25 hence to prove, to examine Isaiah 40:13.
(2) to measure, Isaiah 40:12, “who hath measured heaven with a span?” in the other member there is מָדָד, שָׁקַל.
(3) to set up, to fix, by a level, Psalms 75:4.
Pual, part. to be weighed out (money), 2 Kings 12:12.
Derivatives, תֹּכֶן, תָּכְנִית, מַתְכֹּנֶת.
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