H4058. madad
מָדַד53 verb measure (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician מדד; Arabic extend, stretch, a corn-measure, etc.; Assyrian madâdu, measure; Jewish-Aramaic noun מִידָּה measure, proportion, rule); —
Qal Perfect ׳מ (מָדָ֑ד) [Isa 40:12] [9]t. Ezekiel; suffix מְדָדוֺ [Ezek 42:15], [20]; [1]singular וּמַדֹּתִ֫י [Isa 65:7]; וּמָֽדְדוּ consecutive [Deut 21:2]; [Ezek 43:10]; וּמַדֹּתֶם consecutive [Num 35:5]; Imperfect וַיָּ֫מָד [Ruth 3:15] 22t. Ezekiel; 2masculine singular תָּמוֺד [Ezek 45:3]; וַיָּמֹ֫דּוּ [Exod 16:18]; תָּמֹ֫דּוּ [Ezek 47:18]; Infinitive לָמֹד [Zech 2:6]; — measure, chiefly literal (usually followed by accusative of thing; object omitted [Exod 16:18]; [Deut 21:2]; [Ezek 40:35], compare [47:18] (but see Co); followed by accusative of measure [Ruth 3:15]; [Ezek 42:19]; [47:3-4], (twice in verse); [47:5]); —
1 measure of length, distance [Num 35:5] (P), [Deut 21:2] (D), [Ezek 40:5-6], [8], [20] [32]t. Ezekiel 40-47 [Zech 2:6].
2 of dry measure [Exod 16:18] (P), [Ruth 3:15].
3 figurative of measuring waters [Isa 40:12] (of ׳י); of requital [65:7].
Niph`al Imperfect יִמַּד [Hosea 2:1]; [Jer 33:22]; יִמַּדּוּ [31:37]; — be measured, of sand of sea [Hosea 2:1]; [Jer 33:22]; of heavens [31:37].
Pi`el Perfect וּמִדַּדֿ consecutive [Job 7:4] (compare Ges§ 52. 2. R. l); Imperfect וַיְמַדֵּד [2Sam 8:2]; וַיְמַדְּדֵם [8:2]; אֲמַדֵּד [Psa 60:8]; [108:8]; —
1 extend, continue (= make extent or continuation), subject עֶרֶב [Job 7:4].
2 measure, measure off, בַחֶבֶל, of apportioning Moabites to death and life, followed by suffix [2Sam 8:2]; also object חֲבָלִים [8:2]; metaphor of conquest, followed by accusative, [Psa 60:8] = [108:8] (|| חִלֵּק).
Po. Imperfect וַיְמֹ֫דֶד [Hab 3:6] (subject God, object אֶרֶץ), measured (namely, with eye) ᵑ9 Hi AV RV, but dubious; ᵐ5 ἐσαλεύθη, אֲזִיעַ ᵑ7, hence shook Ew Ke Or and others (from √ [מוֺד =] מוֺט, but read then rather וַיְמֹטֵט, although מוט not elsewhere in this conjugation; We, plausibly, וַיְמֹגֵג √ מוג, compare [Nahum 1:5]).
Hithpo`el וַיִּתְמֹדֵד followed by עַלהַֿיֶ֫לֶד; [1Kin 17:21] measured (= extended, stretched) himself upon the boy.