בַּת

II. בַּת noun masculine^{Ezk 45,14} (feminine^{Es 5,10}) bath (Thes and others from above √ in sense of define, measure; compare τέμνω; Lag^{Or. ii. 10 f.} makes = בדת, = בד + feminine ת; compare Syriac , instrument for pressing olives; compare Epiphanius βάδος = ἐλαιοτριβεῖον; & βάδος also Hesychius Jos^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 8:2»viii. 2}. 9 but ed. Niese βάτους, βάτος — ׳בּ absolute Es 5,10 + 6 t.; (בָּ֑ת Ezk 45,11) construct Ezk 45,10 plural בַּתִּים 2 Kron 2,9 (twice in verse) + 3 t.; — a liquid measure = אֵיפָה of dry measure, each being 1/10 חֹמֶר (q. v.) Ezk 45,11 (twice in verse); Ezk 45,14 (twice in verse); also Es 5,10; 1 Kong 7,26; 1 Kong 7,38; 2 Kron 2,9 (twice in verse); 2 Kron 4,5 + Ezk 45,14 (twice in verse) (4 t. in this see, Co strike out a & d). Ezk 45,10 בַּתצֶֿדֶק a righteous (right, accurate, full) bath (|| אֵיפַתצֶֿדֶק). The actual size of bath (= ephah) is apparentlyapproximately 40 litres (= Attic metretes compare Jos^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 8:2»viii. 2}. 9; = 39.39 lit. compare Boeckh^{Metrol. Untersuch. 259 f.}; see also J. Brandis^{Münz- Mass- u. Gewichtswesen 29 f.} Smith^{Dict. Bible, article Weights & Measures} Ri^{HWB 934 f.}). — 1. בַּת see below בֵּן.