H520. ammah

II. אַמָּה‎₂₄₆ noun feminine ell, cubit (SI אמה‎; so Sabean DHM^{ZMG 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 Isaiah 6:4; Dl^{Pr 109} MV derive immediately from √אמם‎ be wide (see above), אַמָּה‎ = distance, & hence a particular distance, ell, cubit) — ׳א‎ absolute Genesis 6:15 +; construct אַמַּת‎ Deuteronomy 3:11; Jeremiah 51:13; dual אַמָּתַיִם‎ Exodus 25:10 +; plural אַמּוֺת‎ 26:16 +; —

1 cubit, so אַמַּתאִֿישׁ‎ i.e. ordinary cubit, Deuteronomy 3:11 (compare Isaiah 8:1); in Ezekiel 40:5; 43:13 is a cubit one hand-breadth longer, compare 2 Chronicles 3:3 ׳א הָרִאשׁוֺנָה בַּמִּחָה‎; absolute length dubious, compare Smith^{Dict. Bib., article Weights and Measures}; Lepsius^{Längenmaasse der Alten, SBAk 1883, 1195 f.} identification with Egyptian, longer cubit. 525m., shorter .450m.; see also Id.^{Babylonian-Assyr. Längenmaasse 1877; MBAk 1877, 741} Oppert^{GGA 1878, 1055; Rev. d'Assyr. i. 124} (also on the Babylonian 'half-cubit' = .270 m. Hpt^{AJPh 1888, 419} Hom^{Semiten i. 501}); on ׳א אַצִּילָה‎ Ezekiel 41:8 compare Sm & Co (Co strike out); קָנִים אמות חֲמֵשׁ‎ 42:16 Kt, read מֵאוֺת‎ so Qr Co; chiefly in Exodus 25-27. 36-38 (56 t.) 1Kings 6.. 7 (45 t.) 2 Chronicles 3.4 (21 t.) Ezekiel 40-43 (86 t.); a (one) cubit = אַמָּה‎ Genesis 6:16; Exodus 25:10, 23 +; הָאַמָּה‎ Ezekiel 43:14; ׳א אַחַת‎ 40:12 (twice in verse); 40:42 (3 t. in verse); 42:4; 43:14; two cubits = אַמָּתַיִם‎ Exodus 25:10, 17, 23; 30:2; 37:1, 6, 10, 25; Numbers 11:31; אַמּוֺת שְׁתַּיִם‎ Ezekiel 40:9; 41:3, 22; 43:14; with Numbers 1-10 ׳א‎ mostly follows number in plural Exodus 26:16; 27:1 (3 t. in verse); 1 Kings 6:10; Ezekiel 40:5, 7, 9 +; with numbers 11-1000 +, it mostly following number in singular Genesis 6:15 (3 t. in verse); Exodus 27:12-13, 38:13-14, 15; Numbers 35:4; Joshua 3:4; 1 Kings 6:2 (twice in verse); 6:3; 7:15 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 52:21-22, Ezekiel 40:49 (twice in verse) +; seldom following, in plural 40:11 (strike out Co) 40:27 (Co singular) 42:2; so also אַמּוֺת וְחָמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרִים‎ 40:13, 29 but אַמָּה וְעֶשְׂרִים חָמֵשׁ‎ 40:25, 30, 33, 36; (late) also in plural precedes all Numbers 2 Chronicles 3:3 (twice in verse); 3:4, 8 (twice in verse) +; 6:13; Ezekiel 42:2; also often בָּאַמָּה‎ following all numbers Exodus 26:2 (twice in verse); 26:8 (twice in verse); 27:9, 18; 36:9 (twice in verse); 36:15 (twice in verse); 36:21; Numbers 35:5 (4 t. in verse); 1 Kings 6:6 (3 t. in verse); 7:23 (3 t. in verse); 2 Chronicles 4:2 (3 t. in verse); Ezekiel 40:21; 47:3; Zechariah 5:2 (twice in verse) +, compare חָמֵשׁ לְאַמּוֺת‎2 Chronicles 3:11; often ׳א וַחֲצִי‎ Exodus 25:10 (3 t. in verse); 25:17 (twice in verse) +, also ׳א הָא ׳וַחֲצִי‎ 26:16; 36:21; 1 Kings 17:31; 1 Kings 17:32; 1 Kings 17:35 etc.; compare וָזָרֶ֑ת אַמּוֺת שֵׁשׁ‎ 1 Samuel 17:4; followed by בַּמִּדָּה‎ in measurement Joshua 3:4; 2 Chronicles 3:3.

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

III. [אַמָּה‎] noun feminine (etymology & meaning dubious; Thes foundation (compare Talmud AW ), from אֵם‎ in metaphorical sense, compare MV; De on Isaiah 6:4 derived similarly, but makes support of superliminaria (compare ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎); Ew Di derived from √ אמם‎ = precede, whence front; Dl^{Pr 110} translates holder from √ אמם‎ be wide, hence contain, hold) only הַסִּמִּים אַמּוֺת‎ 6:4.

[אַמָּה‎ K^{§ 51, 2, Anm. 2}] noun feminine^{Daniel 3:1} cubit (= Biblical Hebrew id.; Egyptian Aramaic (plural) אמן‎ RES²⁴⁶ S-C^C44); — plural אַמִּין‎ (so ᵑ7‎ Syriac) 3:1 (twice in verse); Ezra 6:3, 8.