HebrewH0520Noun (Feminine)

אַמָּה

am.mah

“cubit”

131Occurrences

H0520Strong's #

Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)

prolonged from H517 (אֵם);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

cubit-a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 18 in (. 5m). There are several cubits used in the OT, the cubit of a man or common cubit , the legal cubit or cubit of the sanctuary plus others. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment. Aramaic equivalent: am.mah (*אַמָּה *"cubit" H0521)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

אַמָּה appears 131 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezk

Exodus

1 Kings

2 Chronicles

Genesis

Jeremiah

Numbers

2 Kings

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:23BSB

He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.

2 Chronicles 25:23BSB

There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz.Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.

Exodus 27:12BSB

The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.

Ezk 40:13BSB

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Ezk 41:13BSB