4371. mekes
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mekes: computation, proportion to be paid, tax
Original Word: מֶ֫כֶס
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mekes
Phonetic Spelling: (meh'-kes)
Short Definition: levy

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from kasas
Definition
computation, proportion to be paid, tax
NASB Translation
levy (5), tax (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
מֶ֫כֶס noun masculine computation, proportion to be paid, tax (Palmyrene מכסא ReckendZMG 1885, 379 ff.; Late Hebrew מֶכֶס, Aramaic מִכְסָא, tax (hence Arabic as loan-word Frä283); Assyrian miksu, DlHWB 407 (√ מכס); Late Hebrew מוֺכֵס tax-collector; so Assyrian makkasu, compare Arabic ) — Numbers 31:28 ׳לי ׳זַהֲרֵמֹתָ֫ מ and thou shalt separate a tax (duty levied on the spoil) for ׳י, Numbers 31:37; Numbers 31:38; Numbers 31:39; Numbers 31:40; Numbers 31:41 (all P).



Strong's
tribute

Probably from an unused root meaning to enumerate; an assessment (as based upon a census) -- tribute.

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