STRONGS H520:
Abbreviations
II. אַמָּה 246 noun feminine ell, cubit (SI
אמה; so Sabean DHM
ZMG 1865, 613; Aramaic
axmAf ,
אַמָּא; Assyrian
ammatu Nor
280; Ethiopic
እመት፡ etymology dubious; Thes and others
mater brachii, i.e. length of fore-arm; others derive from √
אמם,
أَمَّ precede, be in front, & hence fore-arm compare Di
Isaiah 6:4; Dl
Pr 109 MV derive immediately from √
אמם be wide (see above),
אַמָּה =
distance, & hence a particular distance,
ell, cubit) —
א׳ absolute
Genesis 6:15 +; construct
אַמַּת Deuteronomy 3:11;
Jeremiah 51:13;
dual אַמָּתַיִם Exodus 25:10 +;
plural אַמּוֺת Exodus 26:16 +; —
1. cubit, so
אַמַּת־אִישׁ i.e. ordinary cubit,
Deuteronomy 3:11 (compare
Isaiah 8:1); in
Ezekiel 40:5;
Ezekiel 43:13 is a cubit one hand-breadth longer, compare
2 Chronicles 3:3 בַּמִּחָה הָרִאשׁוֺנָה א׳; absolute length dubious, compare Smith
Dict. Bib., article Weights and Measures; Lepsius
Längenmaasse der Alten, SBAk 1883, 1195 f. identification with Egyptian, longer cubit. 525m., shorter.450m.; see also
Id.Babylonian-Assyr. Längenmaasse 1877; MBAk 1877, 741 Oppert
GGA 1878, 1055; Rev. d'Assyr. i. 124 (also on the Babylonian 'half-cubit' =.270 m. Hpt
AJPh 1888, 419 Hom
Semiten i. 501); on
אַצִּילָה א׳ Ezekiel 41:8 compare Sm & Co (Co strike out);
חֲמֵשׁ אמות קָנִים Ezekiel 42:16 Kt, read
מֵאוֺת so Qr Co; chiefly in Exodus 25-27. 36-38 (
56 times) 1 Kings 6, 7 (
45 times) 2 Chronicles 3 & 2 Chronicles 4 (
21 times) Ezekiel 40-43 (
86 times);
a (one)
cubit =
אַמָּה Genesis 6:16;
Exodus 25:10, 23 +;
הָאַמָּה Ezekiel 43:14;
אַחַת א׳ Ezekiel 40:12 (twice in verse);
Ezekiel 40:42 (
3 times in verse);
Ezekiel 42:4;
Ezekiel 43:14;
two cubits =
אַמָּתַיִם Exodus 25:10, 17, 23;
Exodus 30:2;
Exodus 37:1, 6, 10, 25;
Numbers 11:31;
שְׁתַּיִם אַמּוֺת Ezekiel 40:9;
Ezekiel 41:3, 22;
Ezekiel 43:14; with Numbers 1-10
א׳ mostly follows number in plural
Exodus 26:16;
Exodus 27:1 (
3 times in verse);
1 Kings 6:10;
Ezekiel 40:5, 7, 9 +; with
numbers 11-1000 +, it mostly following number in singular
Genesis 6:15 (
3 times in verse);
Exodus 27:12, 13;
Exodus 38:13, 14, 15;
Numbers 35:4;
Joshua 3:4;
1 Kings 6:2 (twice in verse);
1 Kings 6:3;
1 Kings 7:15 (twice in verse);
Jeremiah 52:21, 22;
Ezekiel 40:49 (twice in verse) +; seldom following, in plural
Ezekiel 40:11 (strike out Co)
Ezekiel 40:27 (Co singular)
Ezekiel 42:2; so also
עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ אַמּוֺת Ezekiel 40:13, 29 but
חָמֵשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה Ezekiel 40:25, 30, 33, 36; (late) also in plural precedes all Numbers
2 Chronicles 3:3 (twice in verse);
2 Chronicles 3:4, 8 (twice in verse) +;
2 Chronicles 6:13;
Ezekiel 42:2; also often
בָּאַמָּה following all numbers
Exodus 26:2 (twice in verse);
Exodus 26:8 (twice in verse);
Exodus 27:9, 18;
Exodus 36:9 (twice in verse);
Exodus 36:15 (twice in verse);
Exodus 36:21;
Numbers 35:5 (
4 times in verse);
1 Kings 6:6 (
3 times in verse);
1 Kings 7:23 (
3 times in verse);
2 Chronicles 4:2 (
3 times in verse);
Ezekiel 40:21;
Ezekiel 47:3;
Zechariah 5:2 (twice in verse) +, compare
לְאַמּוֺת חָמֵשׁ 2 Chronicles 3:11; often
וַחֲצִי א׳ Exodus 25:10 (
3 times in verse);
Exodus 25:17 (twice in verse) +, also
וַחֲצִי הָא׳ א׳ Exodus 26:16;
Exodus 36:21;
1 Kings 17:31;
1 Kings 17:32;
1 Kings 17:35 etc.; compare
שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֺת וָזָרֶ֑ת 1 Samuel 17:4; followed by
בַּמִּדָּה in measurement Joshua 3:4;
2 Chronicles 3:3.
2. †
measure, full measure, limit, only
אַמַּת בִּצְעֵךְ the measure of thy gain-making Jeremiah 51:13 (||
קִצֵּךְ).
† III. [
אַמָּה]
noun feminine (etymology & meaning dubious; Thes
foundation (compare Talmud AW), from
אֵם in metaphorical sense, compare MV; De on
Isaiah 6:4 derived similarly, but makes
support of
superliminaria (compare
); Ew Di derived from √
אמם =
أَمَّ precede, whence
إِمَامً front; Dl
Pr 110 translates
holder from √
אמם be wide, hence
contain, hold) only
הַסִּפִּים אַמּוֺת Isaiah 6:4.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H521.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
6:15; 6:15; 6:16
Exodus
25; 25; 25:10; 25:10; 25:10; 25:10; 25:17; 25:17; 25:23; 25:23; 26; 26:2; 26:8; 26:16; 26:16; 26:16; 27; 27:1; 27:9; 27:12; 27:13; 27:18; 30:2; 36:9; 36:15; 36:21; 36:21; 37:1; 37:6; 37:10; 37:25; 38:13; 38:14; 38:15
Numbers
1; 2; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11:31; 35:4; 35:5
Deuteronomy
3:11; 3:11
Joshua
3:4; 3:4
1 Samuel
17:4
1 Kings
6; 6:2; 6:3; 6:6; 6:7; 6:10; 7:15; 7:23
2 Chronicles
3; 3:3; 3:3; 3:4; 3:8; 3:11; 4; 4:2; 6:13
Isaiah
6:4; 6:4; 6:4; 8:1
Jeremiah
51:13; 51:13; 52:21; 52:22
Ezekiel
40; 40:5; 40:5; 40:7; 40:9; 40:9; 40:11; 40:12; 40:13; 40:21; 40:25; 40:27; 40:29; 40:30; 40:33; 40:36; 40:42; 40:49; 41; 41:3; 41:8; 41:22; 42; 42:2; 42:2; 42:4; 42:16; 43; 43:13; 43:14; 43:14; 43:14; 47:3
Zechariah
5:2
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