Lexicon
מְשׂוּרָה
me.su.rah
H4884
H:N-F Hebrew

capacity

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Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language

me.su.rah denotes a measured quantity used in fair assessment and regulated food or water provisions.

The attested use concerns a measured quantity or capacity: it occurs with measure and weight in a prohibition of unjust judgment, and in settings where water or provisions are regulated by measure.

Senses in use

  1. Measured quantity in assessment and provision · dominant

    The feminine singular absolute form occurs in Leviticus 19:35 in a prohibition concerning unjust judgment; the APB renders the relevant list as “in measure, in weight, or in capacity.” In Ezekiel 4:11 and Ezekiel 4:16, the clause concerns drinking water by measure, while 1 Chronicles 23:29 places it in a list concerning offerings and “every capacity and measure.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the relevant clauses with “capacity” in Leviticus 19:35 and 1 Chronicles 23:29, and with water drunk “by measure” in Ezekiel 4:11 and Ezekiel 4:16. These renderings confirm the measurement contexts rather than isolate a fixed English equivalent.

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