II. אַמָּה246 noun feminine ell, cubit (SI אמה; so Sabean DHMZMG 1865, 613; Aramaic , אַמָּא; Assyrian ammatu Nor280; Ethiopic etymology dubious; Thes and others mater brachii, i.e. length of fore-arm; others derive from √ אמם, precede, be in front, & hence fore-arm compare Di Es 6,4 DlPr 109 MV derive immediately from √אמם be wide (see above), אַמָּה = distance, & hence a particular distance, ell, cubit) — ׳א absolute 1 Mos 6,15 +; construct אַמַּת 5 Mos 3,11; Jer 51,13 dual אַמָּתַיִם 2 Mos 25,10 +; plural אַמּוֺת 2 Mos 26,16 +; —
1. cubit, so
אַמַּתאִֿישׁ i.e. ordinary cubit,
5 Mos 3,11 (compare
Es 8,1); in
Ezk 40,5;
Ezk 43,13 is a cubit one hand-breadth longer, compare
2 Kron 3,3 בַּמִּחָה הָרִאשׁוֺנָה ׳א; absolute length dubious, compare
SmithDict. 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 OppertGGA 1878, 1055; Rev. d'Assyr. i. 124 (also on the Babylonian 'half-cubit' = .270 m.
HptAJPh 1888, 419 HomSemiten i. 501); on
אַצִּילָה ׳א Ezk 41,8 compare
Sm &
Co (
Co strike out);
חֲמֵשׁ אמות קָנִים Ezk 42,16 Kt, read
מֵאוֺת so
Qr Co; chiefly in Ex 25-27. 36-38 (56 t.)
1 Kong 6,1–200. 7 (45 t.)
2 Kron 3,1–200.4 (21 t.) Ezek 40-43 (86 t.);
a (one)
cubit =
אַמָּה 1 Mos 6,16;
2 Mos 25,10;
2 Mos 25,23 +;
הָאַמָּה Ezk 43,14 אַחַת ׳א Ezk 40,12 (twice in verse);
Ezk 40,42 (3 t. in verse);
Ezk 42,4;
Ezk 43,14 two cubits =
אַמָּתַיִם 2 Mos 25,10;
2 Mos 25,17;
2 Mos 25,23;
2 Mos 30,2;
2 Mos 37,1;
2 Mos 37,6;
2 Mos 37,10;
2 Mos 37,25;
4 Mos 11,31 שְׁתַּיִם אַמּוֺת Ezk 40,9;
Ezk 41,3;
Ezk 41,22;
Ezk 43,14 with numbers 1-10
׳א mostly follows number in plural
2 Mos 26,16;
2 Mos 27,1 (3 t. in verse);
1 Kong 6,10;
Ezk 40,5;
Ezk 40,7;
Ezk 40,9 +; with numbers 11-1000 +, it mostly following number in singular
1 Mos 6,15 (3 t. in verse);
2 Mos 27,12;
2 Mos 27,13;
2 Mos 38,13;
2 Mos 38,14;
2 Mos 38,15;
4 Mos 35,4;
Jos 3,4;
1 Kong 6,2 (twice in verse);
1 Kong 6,3;
1 Kong 7,15 (twice in verse);
Jer 52,21;
Jer 52,22;
Ezk 40,49 (twice in verse) +; seldom following, in plural
Ezk 40,11 (strike out
Co) v
Ezk 40,27 (
Co singular)
Ezk 42,2 so also
עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ אַמּוֺת Ezk 40,13;
Ezk 40,29 but
חָמֵשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה Ezk 40,25;
Ezk 40,30;
Ezk 40,33;
Ezk 40,36 (late) also in plural precedes all numbers
2 Kron 3,3 (twice in verse);
2 Kron 3,4;
2 Kron 3,8 (twice in verse) +;
2 Kron 6,13;
Ezk 42,2 also often
בָּאַמָּה following all numbers
2 Mos 26,2 (twice in verse);
2 Mos 26,8 (twice in verse);
2 Mos 27,9;
2 Mos 27,18;
2 Mos 36,9 (twice in verse);
2 Mos 36,15 (twice in verse);
2 Mos 36,21;
4 Mos 35,5 (4 t. in verse);
1 Kong 6,6 (3 t. in verse);
1 Kong 7,23 (3 t. in verse);
2 Kron 4,2 (3 t. in verse);
Ezk 40,21;
Ezk 47,3;
Zak 5,2 (twice in verse) +, compare
לְאַמּוֺת חָמֵשׁ 2 Kron 3,11 often
וַחֲצִי ׳א 2 Mos 25,10 (3 t. in verse);
2 Mos 25,17 (twice in verse) +, also
׳וַחֲצִי הָא ׳א 2 Mos 26,16;
2 Mos 36,21;
2 Mos 1,31;
1 Kong 17,32;
1 Kong 17,35 etc.; compare
שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֺת וָזָרֶ֑ת 1 Sam 17,4 followed by
בַּמִּדָּה in measurement Jos 3,4;
2 Kron 3,3.
2. measure, full measure, limit, only
אַמַּת בִּצְעֵךְ the measure of thy gain-making Jer 51,13 (||
קִצֵּךְ).