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Lexicon :: Strong's H520 - 'ammâ

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אַמָּה
Transliteration
'ammâ
Pronunciation
am-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Prolonged from אֵם (H517)
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TWOT Reference: 115c

Strong’s Definitions

אַמָּה ʼammâh, am-maw'; prolonged from H517; 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):—cubit, + hundred (by exchange for H3967), measure, post.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 245x

The KJV translates Strong's H520 in the following manner: cubit (242x), measure (1x), post (1x), not translated (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 245x
The KJV translates Strong's H520 in the following manner: cubit (242x), measure (1x), post (1x), not translated (1x).

  1. 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 (Dt 3.11), the legal cubit or cubit of the sanctuary (Eze 40.5) plus others. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַמָּה ʼammâh, am-maw'; prolonged from H517; 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):—cubit, + hundred (by exchange for H3967), measure, post.
STRONGS H520: Abbreviations
II. אַמָּה 246 noun feminine ell, cubit (SI אמה; so Sabean DHMZMG 1865, 613; Aramaic axmAf  , אַמָּא; Assyrian ammatu Nor280; Ethiopic እመት፡ etymology dubious; Thes and others mater brachii, i.e. length of fore-arm; others derive from √ אמם, أَمَّ precede, be in front, & hence fore-arm compare Di Isaiah 6:4; DlPr 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 Exodus 26:16 +; —
1. cubit, so אַמַּת־אִישׁ i.e. ordinary cubit, Deuteronomy 3:11 (compare Isaiah 8:1); in Ezekiel 40:5; Ezekiel 43:13 is a cubit one hand-breadth longer, compare 2 Chronicles 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׳ Ezekiel 41:8 compare Sm & Co (Co strike out); חֲמֵשׁ אמות קָנִים Ezekiel 42:16 Kt, read מֵאוֺת so Qr Co; chiefly in Exodus 25-27. 36-38 (56 times) 1 Kings 6, 7 (45 times) 2 Chronicles 3 & 2 Chronicles 4 (21 times) Ezekiel 40-43 (86 times); a (one) cubit = אַמָּה Genesis 6:16; Exodus 25:10, 23 +; הָאַמָּה Ezekiel 43:14; אַחַת א׳ Ezekiel 40:12 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 40:42 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 42:4; Ezekiel 43:14; two cubits = אַמָּתַיִם Exodus 25:10, 17, 23; Exodus 30:2; Exodus 37:1, 6, 10, 25; Numbers 11:31; שְׁתַּיִם אַמּוֺת Ezekiel 40:9; Ezekiel 41:3, 22; Ezekiel 43:14; with Numbers 1-10 א׳ mostly follows number in plural Exodus 26:16; Exodus 27:1 (3 times 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 times in verse); Exodus 27:12, 13; Exodus 38:13, 14, 15; Numbers 35:4; Joshua 3:4; 1 Kings 6:2 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:3; 1 Kings 7:15 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 52:21, 22; Ezekiel 40:49 (twice in verse) +; seldom following, in plural Ezekiel 40:11 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 40:27 (Co singular) Ezekiel 42:2; so also עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ אַמּוֺת Ezekiel 40:13, 29 but חָמֵשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה Ezekiel 40:25, 30, 33, 36; (late) also in plural precedes all Numbers 2 Chronicles 3:3 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 3:4, 8 (twice in verse) +; 2 Chronicles 6:13; Ezekiel 42:2; also often בָּאַמָּה following all numbers Exodus 26:2 (twice in verse); Exodus 26:8 (twice in verse); Exodus 27:9, 18; Exodus 36:9 (twice in verse); Exodus 36:15 (twice in verse); Exodus 36:21; Numbers 35:5 (4 times in verse); 1 Kings 6:6 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 7:23 (3 times in verse); 2 Chronicles 4:2 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 40:21; Ezekiel 47:3; Zechariah 5:2 (twice in verse) +, compare לְאַמּוֺת חָמֵשׁ 2 Chronicles 3:11; often וַחֲצִי א׳ Exodus 25:10 (3 times in verse); Exodus 25:17 (twice in verse) +, also וַחֲצִי הָא׳ א׳ Exodus 26:16; Exodus 36:21; 1 Kings 17:31; 1 Kings 17:32; 1 Kings 17:35 etc.; compare שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֺת וָזָרֶ֑ת 1 Samuel 17:4; followed by בַּמִּדָּה in measurement Joshua 3:4; 2 Chronicles 3:3.
2. † measure, full measure, limit, only אַמַּת בִּצְעֵךְ 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 Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate); Ew Di derived from √ אמם = أَمَّ precede, whence إِمَامً front; DlPr 110 translates holder from √ אמם be wide, hence contain, hold) only הַסִּפִּים אַמּוֺת Isaiah 6:4.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H521.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:15; 6:15; 6:16

Exodus

25; 25; 25:10; 25:10; 25:10; 25:10; 25:17; 25:17; 25:23; 25:23; 26; 26:2; 26:8; 26:16; 26:16; 26:16; 27; 27:1; 27:9; 27:12; 27:13; 27:18; 30:2; 36:9; 36:15; 36:21; 36:21; 37:1; 37:6; 37:10; 37:25; 38:13; 38:14; 38:15

Numbers

1; 2; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11:31; 35:4; 35:5

Deuteronomy

3:11; 3:11

Joshua

3:4; 3:4

1 Samuel

17:4

1 Kings

6; 6:2; 6:3; 6:6; 6:7; 6:10; 7:15; 7:23

2 Chronicles

3; 3:3; 3:3; 3:4; 3:8; 3:11; 4; 4:2; 6:13

Isaiah

6:4; 6:4; 6:4; 8:1

Jeremiah

51:13; 51:13; 52:21; 52:22

Ezekiel

40; 40:5; 40:5; 40:7; 40:9; 40:9; 40:11; 40:12; 40:13; 40:21; 40:25; 40:27; 40:29; 40:30; 40:33; 40:36; 40:42; 40:49; 41; 41:3; 41:8; 41:22; 42; 42:2; 42:2; 42:4; 42:16; 43; 43:13; 43:14; 43:14; 43:14; 47:3

Zechariah

5:2

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Strong's Number H520 matches the Hebrew אַמָּה ('ammâ),
which occurs 59 times in 30 verses in 'Exo' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:10 -

“Now they shall construct an [fn]ark of acacia wood [fn]two and a half cubits H520 [fn]long, one and a half cubits H520 [fn]wide, and one and a half cubits H520 [fn]high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:17 -

“And you shall make [fn]an atoning cover of pure gold, [fn]two and a half cubits H520 [fn]long and one and a half cubits H520 [fn]wide.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:23 -

“You shall also make a table of acacia wood, [fn]two cubits H520 [fn]long and one cubit H520 [fn]wide, and one and a half cubits H520 [fn]high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:2 - “The length of each curtain shall be [fn]twenty-eight cubits H520, and the width of each curtain four cubits H520; all the curtains shall have [fn]the same measurements.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8 - “The length of each curtain shall be [fn]thirty cubits H520, and the width of each curtain four cubits H520; the eleven curtains shall have [fn]the same measurements.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - “The [fn]cubit H520 on one side and the cubit H520 on the other, of what is left over in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on one side and on the other, to cover it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:16 - “[fn]Ten cubits H520 shall be the length of [fn]each board and one and a half cubits H520 the width of each board.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 -

“Now you shall make the altar of acacia wood, [fn]five cubits H520 long and five cubits H520 wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be [fn]three cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:9

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“Now you shall make the courtyard of the [fn]tabernacle. [fn]On the south side there shall be hangings for the courtyard of fine twisted linen, a [fn]hundred cubits H520 long for one side;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:12 - “For the width of the courtyard on the west side shall be hangings of [fn]fifty cubits H520, with their ten pillars and their ten bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:13 - “The width of the courtyard on the [fn]east side shall be fifty cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - “The hangings for the one [fn]side of the gate shall be [fn]fifteen cubits H520, with their three pillars and their three bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - “And for the gate of the courtyard there shall be a curtain of [fn]twenty cubits H520, of [fn]violet, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a [fn]weaver, with their four pillars and their four bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - “The length of the courtyard shall be a [fn]hundred cubits H520, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits H520 of fine twisted linen, and their bases of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:2 - “Its length shall be [fn]a cubit H520, and its width a cubit H520; it shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits H520; its horns shall be [fn]of one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:9 - The length of each curtain was [fn]twenty-eight cubits H520, and the width of each curtain four cubits H520; all the curtains had [fn]the same measurements.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:15 - The length of each curtain was thirty cubits H520, and four cubits H520 was the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had [fn]the same measurements.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:21 - Ten cubits H520 was the length of [fn]each board, and one and a half cubits H520 the width of each board.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1 -

Now Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was [fn]two and a half cubits H520, its width one and a half cubits H520, and its height one and a half cubits H520;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:6 - He also made [fn]an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits H520 [fn]long and one and a half cubits H520 [fn]wide.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:10

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Then he made the table of acacia wood, [fn]two cubits H520 [fn]long, a cubit H520 [fn]wide, and one and a half cubits H520 [fn]high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:25

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Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit H520 [fn]long and a cubit H520 [fn]wide, square, and two cubits H520 [fn]high; its horns were of one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:1

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Then he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, [fn]five cubits H520 [fn]long, and five cubits H520 [fn]wide, square, and three cubits H520 [fn]high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 -

Then he made the courtyard: [fn]for the south side the hangings of the courtyard were of fine twisted linen, a hundred cubits H520;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - For the north side there were a hundred cubits H520; their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their [fn]bands were of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:12 - For the west side there were hangings of fifty cubits H520 with their ten pillars and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their [fn]bands were of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:13 - For the [fn]east side, fifty cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - The hangings for the one [fn]side of the gate were fifteen cubits H520, with their three pillars and their three bases,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - and so for the [fn]other [fn]side. [fn]On both sides of the gate of the courtyard were hangings of fifteen cubits H520, with their three pillars and their three bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - Now the curtain of the gate of the courtyard was the work of the [fn]weaver, of [fn]violet, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. And the length was twenty cubits H520 and the [fn]height was five cubits H520, corresponding to the hangings of the courtyard.
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