Lexicon
תֹּ֫כֶן
to.khen
H8506
H:N-M Hebrew

quantity

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Books
Hebrew
Language

to.khen denotes an established amount, whether a required brick total or a measure calibrated to the homer.

The attested use denotes a fixed amount: a required total of bricks in Exodus 5:18 and a measure corresponding to the homer in Ezekiel 45:11.

Senses in use

  1. Fixed total or calibrated measure · dominant

    In Exodus 5:18, the construct singular form occurs in the command to deliver the same brick total even though straw is not supplied; the APB renders the clause “the same number of bricks.” In Ezekiel 45:11, the absolute singular form concerns the ephah and bath being set in correspondence with the homer; the APB renders “one quantity” and says that “the tally shall correspond to the homer.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term within quantity language, using “the same number of bricks” in Exodus 5:18 and “one quantity” and “the tally” in Ezekiel 45:11. These phrases indicate the clauses' presentation rather than fixed lexical renderings.

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