מִשְׁקוֹל
mish.qol
H4946
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Hebrew
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Hebrew
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mish.qol denotes a measured weight by which a daily food portion is set.
The term denotes the weight-based measure by which a daily food portion is prescribed in Ezekiel 4:10.
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A weight-based measure for food · dominant
In Ezekiel 4:10, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the instruction that food be eaten according to a set measure; the APB renders the clause "Your food shall be eaten by weight: twenty shekels a day."
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 4:10, the APB presents the clause as food eaten "by weight" and specifies "twenty shekels a day." This shows the verse's measure-setting context rather than isolating every lexical contribution.