מָדַד

Exodus 16:18 וַיָּמֹ֣דּוּ and they measured [it]

When 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.

Here: "And they measured." The ordinary verb for measuring out a quantity (grain, cloth, land). It describes the moment the gathered manna was checked against a fixed standard, which is where the surprise of the verse is revealed.

Numbers 35:5 וּמַדֹּתֶ֞ם and you will measure

You 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 וּמָדְדוּ֙ and they will measure

your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.

Ruth 3:15 וַיָּ֤מָד and he measured out

And 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 וַיְמַדֵּ֤ד and he measured off them, and he measured off

David 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.

Here: 'And he measured them.' This verb form stresses a thorough, step-by-step measuring off. The object is people, not land, which is what makes the scene so chilling.

1 Kings 17:21 וַיִּתְמֹדֵ֤ד and he stretched himself

Then 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־ and it will continue

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׃ I will measure off

God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.

Here: Intensive stem, 'I will measure off.' The picture is of a surveyor stretching a measuring line to mark out plots for distribution, which only the owner of the land does.

Psalm 108:7 אֲמַדֵּֽד׃ I will measure off

God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.

Isaiah 40:12 מָדַ֨ד has he measured

Who 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?

Here: The ordinary verb for measuring length or quantity, used of measuring grain or a plot of land. Here it is turned on the whole sea. The perfect tense looks at the measuring as a finished act, most naturally creation.

Isaiah 65:7 וּמַדֹּתִ֧י and I will measure

both 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.”

Here: "And I will measure out." The picture is of a grain merchant or paymaster measuring a portion. The form points forward to what God will do, so it is "I will," not "I have."

Jeremiah 31:37 יִמַּ֤דּוּ they will be measured

This 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.

Here: Passive, 'can be measured'. The picture is of stretching a measuring line across the sky, something beyond any human being.

Jeremiah 33:22 יִמַּ֖ד it will be measured

As 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.”

Here: "It will (can) be measured", as in measuring grain by volume. Sand cannot be counted grain by grain, and it cannot even be measured out by the basket.

Ezekiel 40:5 וַיָּ֜מָד and he measured

And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.

Ezekiel 40:6 וַיָּ֣מָד׀ and he measured

Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.

Here: "And he measured." This verb runs all through chapters 40–42. Measuring shows that the place is real, has fixed limits, and has been marked out by God.

Ezekiel 40:8 וַיָּ֜מָד and he measured

Then he measured the portico of the gateway inside;

Ezekiel 40:9 וַיָּ֜מָד and he measured

it was eight cubits deep, and its jambs were two cubits thick. And the portico of the gateway faced the temple.

Ezekiel 40:11 וַיָּ֛מָד and he measured

And he measured the width of the gateway entrance to be ten cubits, and its length was thirteen cubits.

Ezekiel 40:13 וַיָּ֣מָד and he measured

Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits from doorway to doorway.

Ezekiel 40:19 וַיָּ֣מָד and he measured

Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.

Ezekiel 40:20 מָדַ֥ד he measured

He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.

Ezekiel 40:23 וַיָּ֧מָד and he measured

There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.

Ezekiel 40:24 וּמָדַ֤ד and he measured

Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.

Ezekiel 40:27 וַיָּ֨מָד and he measured

The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.

Ezekiel 40:28 וַיָּ֙מָד֙ and he measured

Next he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others.

Ezekiel 40:32 וַיָּ֣מָד and he measured

And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.

Ezekiel 40:35 וּמָדַ֖ד and he measured

Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others,

Ezekiel 40:47 וַיָּ֨מָד and he measured

Next he measured the court. It was square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.

Ezekiel 40:48 וַיָּ֙מָד֙ and he measured

Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side. The width of the gateway was fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were three cubits on either side.

Ezekiel 41:1 וַיָּ֣מָד and he measured

Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side.

Ezekiel 41:2 וַיָּ֤מָד and he measured

The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.

Ezekiel 41:3 וַיָּ֥מָד and he measured

And he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the side pillars at the entrance to be two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the walls on each side were seven cubits wide.

Ezekiel 41:4 וַיָּ֨מָד and he measured

Then he measured the room adjacent to the inner sanctuary to be twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”

Ezekiel 41:5 וַיָּ֥מָד and he measured

Next he measured the wall of the temple to be six cubits thick, and the width of each side room around the temple was four cubits.

Ezekiel 41:13 וּמָדַ֣ד and he measured

Then he measured the temple to be a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.

Ezekiel 41:15 וּמָדַ֣ד and he measured

Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court,

Ezekiel 42:15 וּמְדָד֖וֹ and he measured it

Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around:

Ezekiel 42:16 מָדַ֛ד he measured

With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.

Ezekiel 42:17 מָדַ֖ד he measured

He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long.

Ezekiel 42:18 מָדָ֑ד he measured

He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long.

Ezekiel 42:19 מָדַ֛ד he measured [it]

And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long.

Ezekiel 42:20 מְדָד֗וֹ he measured it

So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.

Ezekiel 43:10 וּמָדְד֖וּ and they will measure

As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure the plan,

Here: 'And they will measure' or 'and let them measure.' The verb form carries on the sequence of results. Until now only the heavenly guide measured (chs. 40–42). Now Israel is invited to take the measurements for themselves, to work through the plan in its exact detail.

Ezekiel 45:3 תָּמ֔וֹד you will measure

From this holy portion, you are to measure off a length of 25,000 cubits and a width of 10,000 cubits, and in it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

Ezekiel 47:3 וַיָּ֤מָד and he measured out

As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water.

Here: 'And he measured.' This is the key verb of chapters 40–48. Here, for the last time in the vision, it measures distance along a living river, not walls and gates.

Ezekiel 47:4 וַיָּ֣מָד וַיָּ֣מָד and he measured out

Then he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through knee-deep water. Again he measured a thousand cubits and led me through waist-deep water.

Ezekiel 47:5 וַיָּ֣מָד and he measured out

Once again he measured off a thousand cubits, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough for swimming—a river that could not be crossed on foot.

Hosea 1:10 יִמַּ֖ד it will be measured

Yet 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.’

Here: A passive verb: 'will be measured', as with a measuring line or a volume measure. With 'not' it means 'cannot be measured'. Jeremiah 33:22 uses the same pair of verbs about the same image.

Zechariah 2:2 לָמֹד֙ to measure

“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”