to measure
ta.khan describes measuring quantities and evaluating ways, hearts, spirits, and actions.
The attested use most often concerns evaluating ways, actions, hearts, or spirits, especially where a claimed standard is challenged or God is said to weigh what people do. It also occurs in descriptions of assigning or measuring the quantities of the created world.
Senses in use
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Evaluating conduct and inner disposition · dominant
In Ezekiel 18:25 and Ezekiel 18:29, Niphal imperfect forms occur in the repeated dispute over whether the LORD's way or Israel's ways are just; the APB renders the exchange with “not just.” In Proverbs 16:2, Proverbs 21:2, and Proverbs 24:12, active participles stand in clauses where the LORD weighs spirits or hearts, while 1 Samuel 2:3 places a Niphal perfect in the statement that actions are not measured.
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Measuring or assigning created quantities · common
In Isaiah 40:12, a Piel perfect occurs in the question describing waters, heavens, earth's dust, mountains, and hills; the APB renders the verse with acts of measuring, marking off, enclosing, and weighing. Isaiah 40:13 and Job 28:25 likewise use Piel perfect forms in questions or statements about measuring the spirit of the LORD and assigning weight to wind while measuring waters.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies between “not just” in Ezekiel 18:25 and Ezekiel 18:29, “not measured” in Ezekiel 33:17 and Ezekiel 33:20, and “weighs” in the Proverbs verses. In physical-quantity contexts it uses “measured,” “assigns weight,” and related wording; These renderings identify the verse's presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.