H520. ammah
II. אַמָּה246 noun feminine ell, cubit (SI אמה; so Sabean DHMZMG 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 [Isa 6:4]; DlPr 109 MV derive immediately from √אמם be wide (see above), אַמָּה = distance, & hence a particular distance, ell, cubit) — ׳א absolute [Gen 6:15] +; construct אַמַּת [Deut 3:11]; [Jer 51:13]; dual אַמָּתַיִם [Exod 25:10] +; plural אַמּוֺת [26:16] +; —
1 cubit, so אַמַּתאִֿישׁ i.e. ordinary cubit, [Deut 3:11] (compare [Isa 8:1]); in [Ezek 40:5]; [43:13] is a cubit one hand-breadth longer, compare [2Chr 3:3] ׳א הָרִאשׁוֺנָה בַּמִּחָה; 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 ׳א אַצִּילָה [Ezek 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 [Gen 6:16]; [Exod 25:10], [23] +; הָאַמָּה [Ezek 43:14]; ׳א אַחַת [40:12] (twice in verse); [40:42] (3 t. in verse); [42:4]; [43:14]; two cubits = אַמָּתַיִם [Exod 25:10], [17], [23]; [30:2]; [37:1], [6], [10], [25]; [Num 11:31]; אַמּוֺת שְׁתַּיִם [Ezek 40:9]; [41:3], [22]; [43:14]; with Numbers 1-10 ׳א mostly follows number in plural [Exod 26:16]; [27:1] (3 t. in verse); [1Kin 6:10]; [Ezek 40:5], [7], [9] +; with numbers 11-1000 +, it mostly following number in singular [Gen 6:15] (3 t. in verse); [Exod 27:12-13], [38:13-14], [15]; [Num 35:4]; [Josh 3:4]; [1Kin 6:2] (twice in verse); [6:3]; [7:15] (twice in verse); [Jer 52:21-22], [Ezek 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 [2Chr 3:3] (twice in verse); [3:4], [8] (twice in verse) +; [6:13]; [Ezek 42:2]; also often בָּאַמָּה following all numbers [Exod 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]; [Num 35:5] (4 t. in verse); [1Kin 6:6] (3 t. in verse); [7:23] (3 t. in verse); [2Chr 4:2] (3 t. in verse); [Ezek 40:21]; [47:3]; [Zech 5:2] (twice in verse) +, compare חָמֵשׁ לְאַמּוֺת[2Chr 3:11]; often ׳א וַחֲצִי [Exod 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 [1Sam 17:4]; followed by בַּמִּדָּה in measurement [Josh 3:4]; [2Chr 3:3].
2 measure, full measure, limit, only בִּצְעֵךְ אַמַּת the measure of thy gain-making [Jer 51:13] (|| קִצֵּךְ).
III. [אַמָּה] noun feminine (etymology & meaning dubious; Thes foundation (compare Talmud AW ), from אֵם in metaphorical sense, compare MV; De on [Isa 6:4] derived similarly, but makes support of superliminaria (compare ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5); Ew Di derived from √ אמם = precede, whence front; DlPr 110 translates holder from √ אמם be wide, hence contain, hold) only הַסִּמִּים אַמּוֺת [6:4].
[אַמָּה K§ 51, 2, Anm. 2] noun feminine[Dan 3:1] cubit (= Biblical Hebrew id.; Egyptian Aramaic (plural) אמן RES246 S-CC44); — plural אַמִּין (so ᵑ7 Syriac) [3:1] (twice in verse); [Ezra 6:3], [8].
אַמָּה
原文音譯：hM'a; am-maw’
詞類次數：名詞（249）
原文字根：忠實的
字義溯源：肘，門檻，度量。肘是長度單位，有度量的含意，由肘端至指尖之長度為一肘，約合一尺半；此外，也有：門檻的意思。源自（H517（אֵם）*=母親）
出現次數：總共（248）；創（5）；出（58）；民（6）；申（3）；書（1）；撒上（1）；王上（45）；王下（3）；代上（1）；代下（25）；尼（1）；斯（2）；賽（1）；耶（4）；結（90）；亞（2）
譯字彙編：
1）肘（165）數量太多，不能盡錄；
2）（那）肘（38）[出26:8]；[出26:8]；[出27:9]；[出27:18]；[出36:9]；[出36:9]；[出36:15]；[出38:9]；[出38:11]；[出38:12]；[民35:5]；[民35:5]；[民35:5]；[民35:5]；[王上6:6]；[王上6:6]；[王上6:6]；[王上6:17]；[王上7:23]；[王上7:23]；[王上7:23]；[王上7:24]；[王上7:27]；[王上7:27]；[王上7:27]；[王上7:31]；[王上7:32]；[王上7:35]；[代上11:23]；[代下4:2]；[代下4:2]；[代下4:2]；[代下4:3]；[結40:21]；[結43:13]；[結47:3]；[亞5:2]；[亞5:2]；
3）一肘（19）[創6:16]；[出25:10]；[出25:10]；[出25:17]；[出25:23]；[出25:23]；[出30:2]；[出30:2]；[出37:1]；[出37:1]；[出37:6]；[出37:10]；[出37:10]；[出37:25]；[出37:25]；[王上7:31]；[結40:5]；[結43:13]；[結43:13]；
4）二肘（9）[出25:10]；[出25:17]；[出25:23]；[出30:2]；[出37:1]；[出37:6]；[出37:10]；[出37:25]；[民11:31]；
5）（那）一肘（7）[出26:13]；[出26:13]；[出26:16]；[出36:21]；[王上7:31]；[結43:13]；[結43:14]；
6）千（2）[結48:15]；[結48:15]；
7）肘長（2）[出27:16]；[結40:5]；
8）一肘高（1）[結43:17]；
9）（那）肘高（1）[結43:17]；
10）肘為度（1）[申3:11]；
11）的門檻（1）[賽6:4]；
12）之量（1）[耶51:13]；
13）每一肘是（1）[結43:13]