BDB1391 [H1324]

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


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