מֹאזְנַיִם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3976

balances — used 15 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

balances tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מאזן: du. balances, scales tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.]du. balances, scales (Arabic مِيزَانٌ, Aramaic (Nasar.) ܡܘܙܰܢܶܐ )—מֹאזְנַיִם (־ָנ֑יִם) Is 40:15 + 4 times; cstr. מֹאזְנֵי Lv 19:36 + 9 times—balances, for weighing money Je 32:10 וָאֶשְׁקֹל הַכֶּסֶף בְּמ׳; hair Ez 5:1 (מ׳ מִשְׁקָל); שַׁחַק מ׳ Is 40:15 dust of bal., sim. of insignif. of nations bef. י׳; fig., calamity Jb 6:2; men ψ 62:10; hills Is 40:12 (שָׁקַל בַּפֶּלֶס הָרִים וּגְבָעוֹת בְּמ׳); מ׳ צֶדֶק Lv 19:36 (‖ אַבְנֵי־צ׳, אֵיפַת צ׳, הִין צ׳), Ez 45:10 (‖ אֵיפַת־צ׳, בַּת־צ׳) cf. Pr 16:11 (פֶּלָס וּא׳ מִשְׁפָּט); fig. Jb 31:6 יִשְׁקְלֵנִי בְּמ׳ צֶדֶק; opp. מ׳ מִרְמָה Pr 11:1 (‖ אֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה); 20:23 (‖ אֶבֶן וָאָ֑בֶן) Am 8:5 (‖ לְהַקְטִין אֵיפָה וּלְהַגְדִּיל שֶׁקֶל) Ho 12:8; מ׳ רֶשַׁע Mi 6:11 (‖ אַבְנֵי מִרְמָה).

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: balances (14); of balances (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 11:1 · tree →

מֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭רְמָה תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶ֖בֶן שְׁלֵמָ֣ה רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃

Word for word: balances of.deceit [are].(the).abomination of.Yahweh and a.weight perfect pleasure [is].his

JPS 1917: A false balance is an abomination to the LORD; but a perfect weight is His delight.

Hosea 12:8 · tree →

כְּנַ֗עַן בְּיָד֛וֹ מֹאזְנֵ֥י מִרְמָ֖ה לַעֲשֹׁ֥ק אָהֵֽב׃

Word for word: a.merchant [who are] in.his.hand balances of.deceit [who].to defraud he.loves

JPS 1917: As for the trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand. He loveth to oppress.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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