Lexical Summary ammah: an ell, a cubit Original Word: אַמָּהTransliteration: ammah Phonetic Spelling: (am-maw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: an ell, a cubit Meaning: a mother, a cubit, a door-base Strong's Concordance A cubit; also a door-baseProlonged from 'em; properly, a mother (i.e. Unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance) -- cubit, + hundred (by exchange for me'ah), measure, post. see HEBREW 'em see HEBREW me'ah Brown-Driver-Briggs H520. ammah 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 Isaiah 6:4; DlPr 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 26:16 +; — 1 cubit, so אַמַּתאִֿישׁ i.e. ordinary cubit, Deuteronomy 3:11 (compare Isaiah 8:1); in Ezekiel 40:5; 43:13 is a cubit one hand-breadth longer, compare 2 Chronicles 3:3 ׳א הָרִאשׁוֺנָה בַּמִּחָה; absolute length dubious, compare SmithDict. Bib., article Weights and Measures; LepsiusLängenmaasse 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 ׳א אַצִּילָה Ezekiel 41:8 compare Sm & Co (Co strike out); קָנִים אמות חֲמֵשׁ 42:16 Kt, read מֵאוֺת so Qr Co; chiefly in Exodus 25-27. 36-38 (56 t.) 1Kings 6.. 7 (45 t.) 2 Chronicles 3.4 (21 t.) Ezekiel 40-43 (86 t.); a (one) cubit = אַמָּה Genesis 6:16; Exodus 25:10, 23 +; הָאַמָּה Ezekiel 43:14; ׳א אַחַת 40:12 (twice in verse); 40:42 (3 t. in verse); 42:4; 43:14; two cubits = אַמָּתַיִם Exodus 25:10, 17, 23; 30:2; 37:1, 6, 10, 25; Numbers 11:31; אַמּוֺת שְׁתַּיִם Ezekiel 40:9; 41:3, 22; 43:14; with Numbers 1-10 ׳א mostly follows number in plural Exodus 26:16; 27:1 (3 t. 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 t. in verse); Exodus 27:12-13, 38:13-14, 15; Numbers 35:4; Joshua 3:4; 1 Kings 6:2 (twice in verse); 6:3; 7:15 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 52:21-22, Ezekiel 40:49 (twice in verse) +; seldom following, in plural 40:11 (strike out Co) 40:27 (Co singular) 42:2; so also אַמּוֺת וְחָמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרִים 40:13, 29 but אַמָּה וְעֶשְׂרִים חָמֵשׁ 40:25, 30, 33, 36; (late) also in plural precedes all Numbers 2 Chronicles 3:3 (twice in verse); 3:4, 8 (twice in verse) +; 6:13; Ezekiel 42:2; also often בָּאַמָּה following all numbers Exodus 26:2 (twice in verse); 26:8 (twice in verse); 27:9, 18; 36:9 (twice in verse); 36:15 (twice in verse); 36:21; Numbers 35:5 (4 t. in verse); 1 Kings 6:6 (3 t. in verse); 7:23 (3 t. in verse); 2 Chronicles 4:2 (3 t. in verse); Ezekiel 40:21; 47:3; Zechariah 5:2 (twice in verse) +, compare חָמֵשׁ לְאַמּוֺת2 Chronicles 3:11; often ׳א וַחֲצִי Exodus 25:10 (3 t. in verse); 25:17 (twice in verse) +, also ׳א הָא ׳וַחֲצִי 26:16; 36:21; 1 Kings 17:31; 1 Kings 17:32; 1 Kings 17:35 etc.; compare וָזָרֶ֑ת אַמּוֺת שֵׁשׁ 1 Samuel 17:4; followed by בַּמִּדָּה in measurement Joshua 3:4; 2 Chronicles 3:3. 2 measure, full measure, limit, only בִּצְעֵךְ אַמַּת 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 ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5); Ew Di derived from √ אמם = precede, whence front; DlPr 110 translates holder from √ אמם be wide, hence contain, hold) only הַסִּמִּים אַמּוֺת 6:4. [אַמָּה K§ 51, 2, Anm. 2] noun feminineDaniel 3:1 cubit (= Biblical Hebrew id.; Egyptian Aramaic (plural) אמן RES246 S-CC44); — plural אַמִּין (so ᵑ7 Syriac) 3:1 (twice in verse); Ezra 6:3, 8. |