Word Study · Strong's H4371 · Hebrew
מֶכֶס
mekes
meh'-kes
Strong's 1890 spelling: mekeç
“an assessment (as based upon a census)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an assessment (as based upon a census)
Rendered in the KJV as
tribute.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וּמִכְסָ֥ם2
- הַמֶּ֥כֶס1
- וּמִכְסָם֙1
- מֶ֜כֶס1
- מֶ֙כֶס֙1
How it is rendered · 4
- and tax their3
- [the] tax of1
- a tax1
- the tax1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3
- noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp · 3
- HNcmsa · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Numbers6 occurrences
- Numbers 31:28מֶ֜כֶסmekhesnoun · masculine singularSet aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the soldiers who went into battle: one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.here: a tax
- Numbers 31:37הַמֶּ֥כֶסhamekhesthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular337,500 sheep, including a tribute to the LORD of 675,here: the tax
- Numbers 31:38וּמִכְסָ֥םumikhsamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural36,000 cattle, including a tribute to the LORD of 72,here: and tax their
- Numbers 31:39וּמִכְסָ֥םumikhsamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural30,500 donkeys, including a tribute to the LORD of 61,here: and tax their
- Numbers 31:40וּמִכְסָם֙umikhsamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraland 16,000 people, including a tribute to the LORD of 32.here: and tax their
- Numbers 31:41מֶ֙כֶס֙mekhesnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as an offering for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.here: [the] tax of