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 [Isa 6:4] DlPr 109 MV derive immediately from √אמם be wide (see above), אַמָּה = distance, & hence a particular distance, ell, cubit) — ׳א absolute [Gen 6:15] +; construct אַמַּת [Deut 3:11]; [Jer 51:13] dual אַמָּתַיִם [Exod 25:10] +; plural אַמּוֺת [Exod 26:16] +; —
1. cubit, so אַמַּתאִֿישׁ i.e. ordinary cubit, [Deut 3:11] (compare [Isa 8:1]); in [Ezek 40:5]; [Ezek 43:13] is a cubit one hand-breadth longer, compare [2Chr 3:3] בַּמִּחָה הָרִאשׁוֺנָה ׳א; 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 אַצִּילָה ׳א [Ezek 41:8] compare Sm & Co (Co strike out); חֲמֵשׁ אמות קָנִים [Ezek 42:16] Kt, read מֵאוֺת so Qr Co; chiefly in Ex 25-27. 36-38 (56 t.) [1Kgs 6]. 7 (45 t.) [2Chr 3].4 (21 t.) Ezek 40-43 (86 t.); a (one) cubit = אַמָּה [Gen 6:16]; [Exod 25:10]; [Exod 25:23] +; הָאַמָּה [Ezek 43:14] אַחַת ׳א [Ezek 40:12] (twice in verse); [Ezek 40:42] (3 t. in verse); [Ezek 42:4]; [Ezek 43:14] two cubits = אַמָּתַיִם [Exod 25:10]; [Exod 25:17]; [Exod 25:23]; [Exod 30:2]; [Exod 37:1]; [Exod 37:6]; [Exod 37:10]; [Exod 37:25]; [Num 11:31] שְׁתַּיִם אַמּוֺת [Ezek 40:9]; [Ezek 41:3]; [Ezek 41:22]; [Ezek 43:14] with numbers 1-10 ׳א mostly follows number in plural [Exod 26:16]; [Exod 27:1] (3 t. in verse); [1Kgs 6:10]; [Ezek 40:5]; [Ezek 40:7]; [Ezek 40:9] +; with numbers 11-1000 +, it mostly following number in singular [Gen 6:15] (3 t. in verse); [Exod 27:12]; [Exod 27:13]; [Exod 38:13]; [Exod 38:14]; [Exod 38:15]; [Num 35:4]; [Josh 3:4]; [1Kgs 6:2] (twice in verse); [1Kgs 6:3]; [1Kgs 7:15] (twice in verse); [Jer 52:21]; [Jer 52:22]; [Ezek 40:49] (twice in verse) +; seldom following, in plural [Ezek 40:11] (strike out Co) v[Ezek 40:27] (Co singular) [Ezek 42:2] so also עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ אַמּוֺת [Ezek 40:13]; [Ezek 40:29] but חָמֵשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה [Ezek 40:25]; [Ezek 40:30]; [Ezek 40:33]; [Ezek 40:36] (late) also in plural precedes all numbers [2Chr 3:3] (twice in verse); [2Chr 3:4]; [2Chr 3:8] (twice in verse) +; [2Chr 6:13]; [Ezek 42:2] also often בָּאַמָּה following all numbers [Exod 26:2] (twice in verse); [Exod 26:8] (twice in verse); [Exod 27:9]; [Exod 27:18]; [Exod 36:9] (twice in verse); [Exod 36:15] (twice in verse); [Exod 36:21]; [Num 35:5] (4 t. in verse); [1Kgs 6:6] (3 t. in verse); [1Kgs 7:23] (3 t. in verse); [2Chr 4:2] (3 t. in verse); [Ezek 40:21]; [Ezek 47:3]; [Zech 5:2] (twice in verse) +, compare לְאַמּוֺת חָמֵשׁ [2Chr 3:11] often וַחֲצִי ׳א [Exod 25:10] (3 t. in verse); [Exod 25:17] (twice in verse) +, also ׳וַחֲצִי הָא ׳א [Exod 26:16]; [Exod 36:21]; [Exod 1:31]; [1Kgs 17:32]; [1Kgs 17:35] etc.; compare שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֺת וָזָרֶ֑ת [1Sam 17:4] followed by בַּמִּדָּה in measurement [Josh 3:4]; [2Chr 3:3].
2. measure, full measure, limit, only אַמַּת בִּצְעֵךְ the measure of thy gain-making [Jer 51:13] (|| קִצֵּךְ).
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