מֶכֶס
meches · tribute
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4371 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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meches (מֶכֶס) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “tribute”.
A portion set apart according to a count.
How to say it
me·ches
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The part of the spoil or of one's goods that is set apart for YHWH.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Numbers 31:28
And you shall set apart a tribute for YHWH from the men of war who went out to the army: one living being out of five hundred, of the people, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep.
- Numbers 31:37
and the tribute for YHWH from the sheep was six hundred seventy-five;
- Numbers 31:38
and the cattle were thirty-six thousand, and their tribute for YHWH was seventy-two;
- Numbers 31:39
and the donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, and their tribute for YHWH was sixty-one;
- Numbers 31:40
and the human beings were sixteen thousand, and their tribute for YHWH was thirty-two persons.
- Numbers 31:41
Moses gave the tribute, the contribution of YHWH, to Eleazar the priest, as YHWH had commanded Moses.