H8505
תָּכַן
to measure
1) to regulate, measure, estimate, ponder, balance, make even, level, weigh, be equal, be weighed out, test, prove 1a) (Qal) estimate (participle) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be estimated 1b2) to be made even or right, be adjusted to the standard 1c) (Piel) to weigh out, mete out 1d) (Pual) 1d1) to be weighed out, be measured out 1d2) measured out (participle)
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
[תָּכַן] verb regulate, measure, estimate (compare Aramaic Pa`el תַּכֵּן (rare) prepare (= הֵכִין, כּוֺנֵן); according to RySyn. d. Wahren u. Guten 33 a secondary √ from כון); —
Qal Participle estimate, figurative: ׳וְתֹכֵן רוּחוֺת י Prov 16:2, so (לִבּוֺת) Prov 21:2; Prov 24:12.
Niph`al 1. Perfect 3 plural נִתְכְּנוּ עֲלִלוֺת [לוֺ] וְלֹא 1Sam 2:3 by him (׳י) are actions estimated
2. Imperfect, be adjusted to the standard, i.e. right, equitable: subject דֶרֶח (of ׳י and of Israel), 3 masculine singular יִתָּכֵן Ezek 18:25 (twice in verse); Ezek 18:29 (twice in verse); Ezek 33:17 (twice in verse); Ezek 33:20 3 masculine plural יִתָּֽכְנוּ Ezek 18:29, יִתָּכֵ֑נוּ vEzek 18:25. Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular: mete out, מַיִם תִּכֵּן בְּמִדָּה Job 28:25 ׳וְשָׁמַיִם בַּזֶּרֶת ת Isa 40:12 (|| מדד, כול); ׳אֶתרֿוּחַ י ׳מִי ת vIsa 40:13 (see Qal; read possibly הֵבִין or הֵכִין); 1 singular תִּכַּ֫נְתִּי עַמּוּדֶיהָ Ps 75:4 I regulate (or adjust) her pillars (i.e. of earth). Pu`al Participle הַכֶּסֶף הַמְּתֻכָּן 2Kgs 12:12 the silver which was measured out.
11 occurrences
I Samuel (1), Job (1), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (2), Ezekiel (4)