Lexical Summary ephah: an ephah (a measure of grain) Original Word: אֵיפָהTransliteration: ephah Phonetic Spelling: (ay-faw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: an ephah (a measure of grain) Meaning: ephah -- an ephah (a measure of grain) Strong's Concordance ephah, divers measures Or (shortened) ephah {ay-faw'}; of Egyptian derivation; an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general -- ephah, (divers) measure(-s). Brown-Driver-Briggs H374. ephah אֵיפָה35, אֵפָה noun feminine ephah (etymology dubious, ᵐ5. οιφι etc., compare Coptic ôipi, Thes LagOr. ii. 2 & cit.) — ׳א Numbers 5:15 +; אֵפָה Exodus 16:36 +; construct אֵיפַת Leviticus 19:36 +; — ephah, a grain-measure. 1 a certain quantity of wheat, barley, etc. = ten omers (עֹמֶר) Exodus 16:36 (compare in measure of offerings Leviticus 5:11; 6:13; Numbers 5:15; 28:5, all הָא ׳עֲשִׂירִית; = 1/10 chomer (חֹמֶר) Ezekiel 45:11 (= bath, בַּת, liquid measure q. v.) compare Isaiah 5:10; chiefly of offerings, see above & 1 Samuel 1:24; Ezekiel 45:13 (twice in verse); 45:24 (3 t. in verse); 46:5 (twice in verse); 46:7 (3 t. in verse); 46:11 (3 t. in verse); 46:14; compare Judges 6:19, but also of food 1 Samuel 17:17 compare Ruth 2:17 & Isaiah 5:10 above 2 receptacle or measure, holding an ephah, in prophetic vision Zechariah 5:6-7, 8, 9, 10; just measure אֵיפַתצֶֿדֶק Leviticus 19:36 ("" צ ׳הִֶין ׳אַבְנֵיצֿ, ׳מאֹזְנֵיצֿ,) compare Ezekiel 45:10-11, וָצ ׳שׁלֵמָה אֵיפָה Deuteronomy 25:15 ("" שׁ ׳אֶבֶן ׳וָצ); of unjust measure וְאֵיפָה אֵיפָה 25:14; Proverbs 20:10; א ׳הַקְטִין Amos 8:5; רָווֺן אֵיפַת Micah 6:10. (On the actual size of ephah, compare בַּת). אֵיפֹה see below אַי. P.33 אושׁ אישׁ, (Stem assumed in Thes for אִישׁ; existence & meaning somewhat dubious Thes (Add) & most derive אִישׁ from [אִנְשְׁ] √ אנשׁ (q. v.) In favour are plural אֲנָשִׁים, feminine אִשָּׁה = [אִנְשָׁה], lack of proven √ אישׁ, & lack of clear parallels for אישׁ in cognate languages. Against the derivation of אִישׁ from inš is the vocalization (ִ י, and that fully written, not ֵ), maintained even with suffixes, the (rare) plural אִישִׁים, the impossibility of deriving אִישׁ & אִשָּׁה from same √ (אִשָּׁה from ), the existence of אֱנוֺשׁ as parallel form, and the (exceptional) parallel Aramaic איש (Inscription of Carpentras), also Arabic (compare Frey) "" ; MI, SI, Phoenician אש are not decisive; Sabean has both אסם & אנסם; the former apparently = אִישׁ, the latter אֱנוֺשׁ; but on former compare DHMZK 1884, 360 & SabDenkm37. On the whole, probability seems to favour √ אישׁ; Thes gave meaning be strong; DlHA 9, Pr 161 compare Assyrian išanu, strong (compare Dlw. p. 244), & proper name יְהוֺאָשׁ; compare also PrätLOPh Feb. 1884; otherwise DHMl. e. & ZMG 1883, 330 & especially NöZMG 1886, 739 LagBN 68; compare also Wetzst in DePsalmen, ed. 4, p. 888 and others see also אֱנוֺשׁ אנשׁ,). |