1. tribute (levy/tax) — A Hebrew masculine noun (מֶכֶס) meaning 'tribute, tax, levy', specifically a proportional assessment or toll exacted from spoils of war as a contribution to the Lord and the Levites. All 6 occurrences appear in Numbers 31:28,37-41 in the context of the Midianite war spoils distribution. Multilingual evidence is consistent: eng 'tribute/their-tribute', spa 'tributo/su-tributo', arb 'ضَرِيبَة/وَضَرِيبَتُهُمْ', kor '세금/그것들의-세금', swa 'ushuru/ushuru-wao', hin 'कर'. The suffixed form 'their tribute' (S111442) and the absolute/construct forms (S111443) represent the same lexical sense in different grammatical configurations. 6×
AR["الضَّرِيبَةُ","ضَرِيبَةً","ضَرِيبَةَ","وَضَرِيبَتُهُمْ"]·ben["এবং-তাদের-কর","কর"]·DE["der-tribute","tribute","tribute-von","und-ihr-tribute"]·EN["and-their-tribute","the-tribute","tribute","tribute-of"]·FR["et-leur-tribute","le-tribute","tribute","tribute-de"]·heb["ה-מכס","ו-מכסם","מכס"]·HI["और-कर-इनका","कर"]·ID["dan-pajaknya","pajak"]·IT["e-loro-tribute","il-tribute","tribute","tribute-di"]·jav["lan-pajegipun","pajeg"]·KO["그-세금이","그리고-그것들의-세금은","세금을"]·PT["e-seu-tributo","o-tributo","tributo","tributo-de"]·RU["дань","и-дань-их"]·ES["el-tributo","tributo","tributo-de","y-su-tributo"]·SW["na-ushuru-wao","ushuru","ushuru-huo"]·TR["-vergi","ve-vergisi-onların","vergi","vergisini"]·urd["اور-ان-کا-ٹیکس","ٹیکس"]
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† מֶ֫כ��ס n.m. computation, proportion to be paid, tax (Palm. מכסא ReckendorfZMG 1885, 379 ff.; NH מֶכֶס, Aramaic מִכְסָא, ܡܰܟܣܳܐ tax (hence Arabic مَكْسٌ as loan-word Frä283); Assyrian miksu, DlHWB 407 (√ מכס); NH מוֹכֵס tax-collector; so Assyrian makkasu, cf. Arabic مَكَّاسٌ )—Nu 31:28 וַהֲרֵמֹתָ֫ מ׳ לי׳ and thou shalt separate a tax (duty levied on the spoil) for י׳, v 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 (all P).