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tāxan תָּכַן ‘to measure’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

tāxan v
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)

Mentioned in 1 Samuel 2:3 2 Kings 12:12 Isaiah 40:13, 40:12 Ezekiel 18:25, 18:29, 33:17, 33:20 Psalms 75:4 Proverbs 24:12, 16:2, 21:2 Job 28:25

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