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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

H520

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Strong's Number H520 matches the Hebrew אַמָּה ('ammâ),
which occurs 88 times in 45 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 - I could see a wall completely surrounding the Temple area. The man took a measuring rod that was 10½ feet[fn] long and measured the wall, and the wall was 10½ feet[fn] thick and 10½ feet high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 - There were guard alcoves on each side built into the gateway passage. Each of these alcoves was 10½ feet square, with a distance between them of 8¾ feet[fn] along the passage wall. The gateway’s inner threshold, which led to the entry room at the inner end of the gateway passage, was 10½ feet front to back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - It was 14 feet[fn] across, with supporting columns 3½ feet[fn] thick. This entry room was at the inner end of the gateway structure, facing toward the Temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11 - The man measured the gateway entrance, which was 17½ feet[fn] wide at the opening and 22¾ feet[fn] wide in the gateway passage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:12 - In front of each of the guard alcoves was a 21-inch[fn] curb. The alcoves themselves were 10½ feet[fn] on each side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - Then he measured the entire width of the gateway, measuring the distance between the back walls of facing guard alcoves; this distance was 43¾ feet.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:14 - He measured the dividing walls all along the inside of the gateway up to the entry room of the gateway; this distance was 105 feet.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:15 - The full length of the gateway passage was 87½ feet[fn] from one end to the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19 - Then the man measured across the Temple’s outer courtyard between the outer and inner gateways; the distance was 175 feet.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21 - Here, too, there were three guard alcoves on each side, with dividing walls and an entry room. All the measurements matched those of the east gateway. The gateway passage was 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - Here on the north side, just as on the east, there was another gateway leading to the Temple’s inner courtyard directly opposite this outer gateway. The distance between the two gateways was 175 feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:25 - It had windows along the walls as the others did, and there was an entry room where the gateway passage opened into the outer courtyard. And like the others, the gateway passage was 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27 - And here again, directly opposite the outer gateway, was another gateway that led into the inner courtyard. The distance between the two gateways was 175 feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:29 - Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were the same size as those in the others. It also had windows along its walls and in the entry room. And like the others, the gateway passage was 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:30 - (The entry rooms of the gateways leading into the inner courtyard were 14 feet[fn] across and 43¾ feet wide.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:33 - Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were the same size as those of the others, and there were windows along the walls and in the entry room. The gateway passage measured 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:36 - The guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room of this gateway had the same measurements as in the others and the same window arrangements. The gateway passage measured 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:42

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:42 - There were also four tables of finished stone for preparation of the burnt offerings, each 31½ inches square and 21 inches high.[fn] On these tables were placed the butchering knives and other implements for slaughtering the sacrificial animals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - Then the man measured the inner courtyard, and it was a square, 175 feet wide and 175 feet across. The altar stood in the courtyard in front of the Temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 - Then he brought me to the entry room of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of the opening to the entry room, and they were 8¾ feet thick. The entrance itself was 24½ feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were an additional 5¼ feet long.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:49 - The entry room was 35 feet[fn] wide and 21 feet[fn] deep. There were ten steps leading up to it, with a column on each side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1 - After that, the man brought me into the sanctuary of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of its doorway, and they were 10½ feet[fn] thick.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2 - The doorway was 17½ feet[fn] wide, and the walls on each side of it were 8¾ feet[fn] long. The sanctuary itself was 70 feet long and 35 feet wide.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3 - Then he went beyond the sanctuary into the inner room. He measured the walls on either side of its entrance, and they were 3½ feet[fn] thick. The entrance was 10½ feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were 12¼ feet[fn] long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4 - The inner room of the sanctuary was 35 feet[fn] long and 35 feet wide. “This,” he told me, “is the Most Holy Place.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5 - Then he measured the wall of the Temple, and it was 10½ feet thick. There was a row of rooms along the outside wall; each room was 7 feet[fn] wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8 - I saw that the Temple was built on a terrace, which provided a foundation for the side rooms. This terrace was 10½ feet[fn] high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:9 - The outer wall of the Temple’s side rooms was 8¾ feet thick. This left an open area between these side rooms

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:10 - and the row of rooms along the outer wall of the inner courtyard. This open area was 35 feet wide, and it went all the way around the Temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11 - Two doors opened from the side rooms into the terrace yard, which was 8¾ feet wide. One door faced north and the other south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:12 - A large building stood on the west, facing the Temple courtyard. It was 122½ feet wide and 157½ feet long, and its walls were 8¾ feet[fn] thick.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13 - Then the man measured the Temple, and it was 175 feet[fn] long. The courtyard around the building, including its walls, was an additional 175 feet in length.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:14 - The inner courtyard to the east of the Temple was also 175 feet wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - The building to the west, including its two walls, was also 175 feet wide.
The sanctuary, the inner room, and the entry room of the Temple

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22 - There was an altar made of wood, 5¼ feet high and 3½ feet across.[fn] Its corners, base, and sides were all made of wood. “This,” the man told me, “is the table that stands in the LORD’s presence.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:2 - This structure, whose entrance opened toward the north, was 175 feet[fn] long and 87½ feet[fn] wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:4 - Between the two blocks of rooms ran a walkway 17½ feet[fn] wide. It extended the entire 175 feet of the complex,[fn] and all the doors faced north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:7 - There was an outer wall that separated the rooms from the outer courtyard; it was 87½ feet long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8 - This wall added length to the outer block of rooms, which extended for only 87½ feet, while the inner block—the rooms toward the Temple—extended for 175 feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13 - “These are the measurements of the altar[fn]: There is a gutter all around the altar 21 inches deep and 21 inches wide,[fn] with a curb 9 inches[fn] wide around its edge. And this is the height[fn] of the altar:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:14 - From the gutter the altar rises 3½ feet[fn] to a lower ledge that surrounds the altar and is 21 inches[fn] wide. From the lower ledge the altar rises 7 feet[fn] to the upper ledge that is also 21 inches wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:15 - The top of the altar, the hearth, rises another 7 feet higher, with a horn rising up from each of the four corners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:17 - The upper ledge also forms a square, measuring 24½ feet by 24½ feet,[fn] with a 21-inch gutter and a 10½-inch curb[fn] all around the edge. There are steps going up the east side of the altar.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:2 - A section of this land, measuring 875 feet by 875 feet,[fn] will be set aside for the Temple. An additional strip of land 87½ feet[fn] wide is to be left empty all around it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 - Measuring as he went, he took me along the stream for 1,750 feet[fn] and then led me across. The water was up to my ankles.
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