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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אַמָּה

אַמָּה

H520

Transliteration: ʼammâh

Pronunciation: am-maw'

Definition: cubit


Original: אמּה

Transliteration: 'ammâh

Phonetic: am-maw'

BDB Definition:

  1. cubit - a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 18 inches (.5 meters). There are several cubits used in the OT, the cubit of a man or common cubit (Deu 3:11), the legal cubit or cubit of the sanctuary (Eze 40:5) plus others. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment.

Origin: prolonged from H517" class="dictionary-topic-link">H517

TWOT entry: 115c

Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine


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