BDB387 [H374]

אֵיפָה₃₅, אֵפָה noun feminine ephah (etymology dubious, ᵐ5. οιφι etc., compare Coptic ôipi, Thes Lag^{Or. ii. 2 & cit}.) — ׳א Num 5:15 +; אֵפָה Exod 16:36 +; construct אֵיפַת Lev 19:36 +; — ephah, a grain-measure.

1. a certain quantity of wheat, barley, etc. = ten omers (עֹמֶר) Exod 16:36 (compare in measure of offerings Lev 5:11; Lev 6:13; Num 5:15; Num 28:5, all ׳עֲשִׂירִית הָא; = 1/10 chomer (חֹמֶר) Ezek 45:11 (= bath, בַּת, liquid measure q. v.) compare Isa 5:10 chiefly of offerings, see above & 1Sam 1:24; Ezek 45:13 (twice in verse); Ezek 45:24 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 46:5 (twice in verse); Ezek 46:7 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 46:11 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 46:14 compare Judg 6:19, but also of food 1Sam 17:17 compare Ruth 2:17 & Isa 5:10 above

2. receptacle or measure, holding an ephah, in prophetic vision Zech 5:6; Zech 5:7; Zech 5:8; Zech 5:9; Zech 5:10 just measure אֵיפַתצֶֿדֶק Lev 19:36 (|| ׳מאֹזְנֵיצֿ, ׳אַבְנֵיצֿ, ׳הִֶין צ) compare Ezek 45:10; Ezek 45:11 אֵיפָה ׳שׁלֵמָה וָצ Deut 25:15 (|| ׳וָצ ׳אֶבֶן שׁ); of unjust measure אֵיפָה וְאֵיפָה Deut 25:14; Prov 20:10 ׳הַקְטִין א Amos 8:5 אֵיפַת רָווֺן Mic 6:10. (On the actual size of ephah, compare בַּת).

אֵיפֹה see below אַי. P.33

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