מֶ֫כֶס

מֶ֫כֶס noun masculine computation, proportion to be paid, tax (Palmyrene מכסא Reckend^{ZMG 1885, 379 ff.}; Late Hebrew מֶכֶס, Aramaic מִכְסָא, tax (hence Arabic as loan-word Frä²⁸³); Assyrian miksu, Dl^{HWB 407} (√ מכס); Late Hebrew מוֺכֵס tax-collector; so Assyrian makkasu, compare Arabic ) — Num 31:28 ׳לי ׳זַהֲרֵמֹתָ֫ מ and thou shalt separate a tax (duty levied on the spoil) for ׳י, vNum 31:37 vNum 31:38 vNum 31:39 vNum 31:40 vNum 31:41 (all P).