ii. אַמָּה n.f. ell, cubit (SI אמה; so Sab. DHM ^{1865, 613}; Aramaic ܐܰܡܳܐ, אַמָּא; Assyrian ammatu Nor²⁸⁰; Ethiopic እመት etym. dub.; Thes al. mater brachii, i.e. length of fore-arm; others from √ ii. אמם, أَمَّ precede, be in front, & hence fore-arm cf. Di Is 6:4; Dl ¹⁰⁹ MV der. immediately from √ אמם be wide (v. supr.), אַמָּה = distance, & hence a particular distance, ell, cubit) – א׳ abs. Gn 6:15 +; cstr. אַמַּת Dt 3:11 Je 51:13; du. אַמָּתַיִם Ex 25:10 +; pl. אַמּוֹת Ex 26:16 +;

1. cubit, so אַמַּת־אִישׁ i.e. ordinary cubit, Dt 3:11 (cf. Is 8:1); in Ez 40:5; 43:13 is a cubit one hand-breadth longer, cf. 2 Ch 3:3 א׳ בַּמִּדָּה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה; absol. length dub., cf. Smith^{, art. Weights and Measures}; Lepsius^{Längenmaasse der Alten, 1883, 1195 f.} identif. with Egyptian, longer cubit .525 m., shorter .450 m.; v. also Id.^{-Assyrian Längenmaasse 1877; 1877, 741} Oppert ^{1878, 1055; Rev. d’Assyrian i. 124} (also on the Bab. ‘half-cubit’ = .270 m. Hpt ^{1888, 419} Hom^{Semiten i. 501}); on א׳ אַצִּילָה Ez 41:8 cf. Sm & Co (Co del.); חֲמֵשׁ אמות קָנִים Ez 42:16 Kt, read מֵאוֹת so Qr Co; chiefly in Ex 25–27. 36–38 (56 t.) 1 K 6.7 (45 t.) 2 Ch 3.4 (21 t.) Ez 40–43 (86 t.); a (one) cubit = אַמָּה Gn 6:16 Ex 25:10, 23 +; הָאַמָּה Ez 43:14; א׳ אַחַת Ez 40:12⁽⁺⁾, 42⁽⁺⁾; 42:4; 43:14; two cubits = אַמָּתַיִם Ex 25:10, 17, 23; 30:2; 37:1, 6, 10, 25 Nu 11:31; שְׁתַּיִם אַמּוֹת Ez 40:9; 41:3, 22; 43:14; c. num. 1–10 א׳ mostly pl. after num. Ex 26:16; 27:1⁽⁺⁾ 1 K 6:10 Je 52:22 Ez 40:5, 7, 9 +; c. num. 11–1000 +, it mostly foll. num. in sing. Gn 6:15⁽⁺⁾ Ex 27:12, 13; 38:13, 14, 15 Nu 35:4 Jos 3:4 1 K 6:2⁽⁺⁾, 3; 7:15⁽⁺⁾ Je 52:21 Ez 40:49⁽⁺⁾ +; seld. foll. in pl. Ez 40:11 (del. Co) v 27 (Co sg.) 42:2; so also עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ אַמּוֹת Ez 40:13, 29 but חָמֵשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה Ez 40:25, 30, 33, 36; (late) also in pl. precedes all num. 2 Ch 3:3⁽⁺⁾, 4, 8⁽⁺⁾ +; 6:13 Ez 42:2; also often בָּאַמָּה foll. all num. Ex 26:2⁽⁺⁾, 8⁽⁺⁾; 27:9, 18; 36:9⁽⁺⁾, 15 Nu 35:5⁽⁺⁾ 1 K 6:6⁽⁺⁾; 7:23⁽⁺⁾ 2 Ch 4:2⁽⁺⁾ Ez 40:21; 47:3 Zc 5:2⁽⁺⁾ +, cf. לְאַמּוֹת חָמֵשׁ 2 Ch 3:11; often א׳ וָחֵצִי Ex 25:10⁽⁺⁾, 17⁽⁺⁾ +, also א׳ וַחֲצִי הָא׳ Ex 26:16; 36:21 1 K 7:31, 32, 35 etc.; cf. שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֹת וָזָ֑רֶת 1 S 17:4; sq. בַּמִּדָּה in measurement Jos 3:4 2 Ch 3:3.

2. *measure, full measure, limit, only אַמַּת בִּצְעֵךְ the measure of thy gain-making Je 51:13 (|| קִצֵּךְ).

*iii. [אַמָּה] n.f. (etym. & meaning dub.; Thes foundation (cf. Talm. AW), from אֵם in metaph. sense, cf. MV; De on Is 6:4 der. similarly, but makes support of superliminaria (cf. G S B); Ew Di from √ ii. אמם = أَمَّ precede, whence إِمَامٌ front; Dl ¹¹⁰ tr. holder from √ אמם be wide, hence contain, hold) only אַמּוֹת הַסִּפִּים Is 6:4.

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