Original Language Studio
Exodus 16:18
“And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H4058 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- measure, mete, stretch self.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יָּמֹ֣דּוּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 51 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 35:5Deuteronomy 21:2Ruth 3:152 Samuel 8:22 Samuel 8:2
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָדַד here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.