I. מִדָּה noun feminine measure, measurement, stature, size, garment (mostly late) — ׳מ Exodus 26:2 35t.; construct מִדַּת Ezekiel 40:21 2t.; plural מִדּוֺת Ezekiel 41:17 12t.; מִדּוֺתָיו Psalm 133:2; מִדּוֺתֶיהָ Ezekiel 48:16; —

1 measure, act of measurement, i.e. long measure Ezekiel 41:17 (strike out Co), Ezekiel 42:15; Ezekiel 48:30,33; compare Joshua 3:4 (P), 1 Chronicles 23:29, see also Leviticus 19:35 (H); once of liquid measure, figurative, Job 28:25; ׳קַו֯ה הַמּ Jeremiah 31:39 measuring-line; ׳חֶבֶל מ Zechariah 2:5 (id.); ׳קְנֵה הַמּ measuring-reed Ezekiel 40:3,5; Ezekiel 42:16 (strike out Co), Ezekiel 42:16; Ezekiel 42:17; Ezekiel 42:18; Ezekiel 42:19.

2 measurement, size of curtains in tabernacle Exodus 26:2,8; Exodus 36:9,15 (all P); compare 1 Kings 6:25; 1 Kings 7:37 (both "" קֶצֶב), 1 Kings 7:9; 1 Kings 7:11; 2Chronicles 3:3; Ezekiel 40:10 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 40:21,22,24,28,29,32,33,35; Ezekiel 43:13; Ezekiel 46:22; Ezekiel 48:16; once of time, מִדַּת יָמַי Psalm 39:5; probably also Job 11:9 (figurative of God's wisdom) where מִדָּהּ = מִדָּתָהּ, compare Sta^{§ 347, approximately 2}; בֵּית מִדּוֺת = house of size Jeremiah 22:14; אִישׁ מִדָּה = man of size, stature, 1 Chronicles 11:23; 1 Chronicles 20:6; so also probably "" 2 Samuel 21:20 (for HCT מדין, Qr מָדוֺן, see [ מַד]), We Dr Kit Bu; plural Numbers 13:32; Isaiah 45:14.

3 measured portion, extent, stretch (of wall) Nehemiah 3:11,19,20,21,24,27,30, compare Ezekiel 45:3.

4 garment (plural poetic) Psalm 133:2.

II. [מִדָּה] noun feminine tribute (loan-word from Assyrian mandattu, id., √ nadânu = נָתַן Dl^{HWB 451}, compare Schr^COT Ezra 4:13; also in Biblical Aramaic מִנְדָּה, ךמדֶּה id.); — מִדַּת הַמֶּלֶךְ Nehemiah 5:4.

מדה (secondary form of מדד; √ of following)