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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 247 times in 131 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Eze 40:33–Zec 5:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:33 - Its guardrooms H8372 also, its side H352 pillars H352 and its porches H361 were according to those H428 same measurements. H4060 And [fn]the gate and its porches H361 had windows H2474 all H5439 around; H5439 it was fifty H2572 cubits H520 long H753 and twenty-five H6242 H2568 cubits H520 wide. H7341

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:36 - with its guardrooms, H8372 its side H352 pillars H352 and its porches. H361 And [fn]the gate had windows H2474 all H5439 around; H5439 the length H753 was fifty H2572 cubits H520 and the width H7341 twenty-five H6242 H2568 cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:42

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:42 - For the burnt H5930 offering H5930 there were four H702 tables H7979 of hewn H1496 stone, H68 a cubit H520 and a half H2677 long, H753 a cubit H520 and a half H2677 wide H7341 and one H259 cubit H520 high, H1363 on which they lay H5117 the instruments H3627 with which H834 they slaughter H7819 the burnt H5930 offering H5930 and the sacrifice. H2077

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - He measured H4058 the court, H2691 a perfect square, H7251 a hundred H3967 cubits H520 long H753 and a hundred H3967 cubits H520 wide; H7341 and the altar H4196 was in front H6440 of the [fn]temple. H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 - Then he brought H935 me to the porch H197 of the [fn]temple H1004 and measured H4058 each side H352 pillar H352 of the porch, H197 five H2568 cubits H520 on each H6311 side; H6311 and the width H7341 of the gate H8179 was three H7969 cubits H520 on each H6311 side. H6311

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:49 - The length H753 of the porch H197 was twenty H6242 cubits H520 and the width H7341 eleven H6249 H6240 cubits; H520 and at the stairway H4609 by which H834 it was ascended H5927 were columns H5982 belonging to the side H352 pillars, H352 one H259 on each H6311 side. H6311

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1 - Then he brought H935 me to the [fn]nave H1964 and measured H4058 the side H352 pillars; H352 six H8337 cubits H520 wide H7341 on each H6311 side H6311 was the width H7341 of the [fn]side H168 pillar. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2 - The width H7341 of the entrance H6607 was ten H6235 cubits H520 and the [fn]sides H3802 of the entrance H6607 were five H2568 cubits H520 on each H6311 side. H6311 And he measured H4058 [fn]the length H753 of the nave, forty H705 cubits, H520 and the width, H7341 twenty H6242 cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3 - Then he went H935 [fn]inside H6441 and measured H4058 each side H352 pillar H352 of the doorway, H6607 two H8147 cubits, H520 and the doorway, H6607 six H8337 cubits H520 high; and the width H7341 of the doorway, H6607 seven H7651 cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4 - He measured H4058 its length, H753 twenty H6242 cubits, H520 and the width, H7341 twenty H6242 cubits, H520 before H413 H6440 the nave; H1964 and he said H559 to me, “This H2088 is the most H6944 holy H6944 place.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5 - Then he measured H4058 the wall H7023 of the [fn]temple, H1004 six H8337 cubits; H520 and the width H7341 of the side H6763 chambers, H6763 four H702 cubits, H520 all H5439 around H5439 about H5439 the house H1004 on every H5439 side. H5439

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8 - I saw H7200 also that the house H1004 had a raised H1363 [fn]platform H1363 all H5439 around; H5439 the foundations H4145 of the side H6763 chambers H6763 were a full H4393 rod H7070 of six H8337 [fn]long H679 cubits H520 in height.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:9 - The [fn]thickness H7341 of the outer H2351 wall H7023 of the side H6763 chambers H6763 was five H2568 cubits. H520 But the free H5117 space H5117 between H1004 the side H6763 chambers H6763 belonging to the temple H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:10 - and the outer chambers H3957 was twenty H6242 cubits H520 in width H7341 all H5439 around H5439 the temple H1004 on every H5439 side. H5439

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11 - The [fn]doorways H6607 of the [fn]side H6763 chambers H6763 toward the free H5117 space H5117 consisted of one H259 doorway H6607 toward H1870 the north H6828 and another H259 doorway H6607 toward the south; H1864 and the width H7341 of the free H5117 space H5117 H4725 was five H2568 cubits H520 all H5439 around. H5439

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:12 - The building H1146 that was in front H6440 of the separate H1508 area H1508 at the side H6285 toward H1870 the west H3220 was seventy H7657 cubits H520 wide; H7341 and the wall H7023 of the building H1146 was five H2568 cubits H520 [fn]thick H7341 all H5439 around, H5439 and its length H753 was ninety H8673 cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13 - Then he measured H4058 the temple, H1004 a hundred H3967 cubits H520 long; H753 the separate H1508 area H1508 with the building H1140 and its walls H7023 were also a hundred H3967 cubits H520 long. H753

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:14 - Also the width H7341 of the front H6440 of the temple H1004 and that of the separate H1508 [fn]areas H1508 along the east H6921 side totaled a hundred H3967 cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - He measured H4058 the length H753 of the building H1146 [fn]along H413 the front H6440 of the separate H1508 area H1508 behind H5921 H310 it, with a [fn]gallery H862 on each H6311 side, H6311 a hundred H3967 cubits; H520 he also measured the inner H6442 nave H1964 and the porches H197 of the court. H2691

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22 - The altar H4196 was of wood, H6086 three H7969 cubits H520 high H1364 and its length H753 two H8147 cubits; H520 its corners, H4740 its [fn]base H753 and its [fn]sides H7023 were of wood. H6086 And he said H1696 to me, “This H2088 is the table H7979 that is before H6440 the LORD.” H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:2 - Along H413 H6440 the length, H753 which was a hundred H3967 cubits, H520 was the north H6828 door; H6607 the width H7341 was fifty H2572 cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:4 - Before H6440 the chambers H3957 was an inner H6442 walk H4109 ten H6235 cubits H520 wide, H7341 a way H1870 of one H259 hundred cubits; H520 and their openings H6607 were on the north. H6828

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:7 - As for the outer H2351 wall H1447 by the side H5980 of the chambers, H3957 toward H1870 the outer H2435 court H2691 facing H6440 the chambers, H3957 its length H753 was fifty H2572 cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8 - For the length H753 of the chambers H3957 which H834 were in the outer H2435 court H2691 was fifty H2572 cubits; H520 and behold, H2009 the length of those facing H6440 the temple H1964 was a hundred H3967 cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13 - “And these H428 are the measurements H4060 of the altar H4196 by cubits H520 (the cubit H520 being a cubit H520 and a handbreadth): H2948 the [fn]base H2436 shall be a cubit H520 and the width H7341 a cubit, H520 and its border H1366 on its edge H8193 round H5439 about H5439 one H259 span; H2239 and this H2088 shall be the height of the [fn]base H1354 of the altar. H4196

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:14 - “From the base H2436 on the ground H776 to the lower H8481 ledge H5835 shall be two H8147 cubits H520 and the width H7341 one cubit; H520 and from the smaller H6996 ledge H5835 to the larger H1419 ledge H5835 shall be four H702 cubits H520 and the width H7341 [fn]one H259 cubit. H520

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:15 - “The [fn]altar H741 hearth H741 shall be four H702 cubits; H520 and from the [fn]altar H741 hearth H741 shall extend upwards H4605 four H702 horns. H7161

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:17 - “The ledge H5835 shall be fourteen H702 H6240 cubits long H753 by fourteen H702 H6240 wide H7341 in its four H702 sides, H7253 the border H1366 around H5439 it shall be half H2677 a cubit H520 and its base H2436 shall be a cubit H520 round H5439 about; H5439 and its steps H4609 shall [fn]face H6437 the east.” H6921

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:2 - “Out of this H2088 there shall be for the holy H6944 place a square H7251 round H5439 about H5439 five H2568 hundred H3967 by five H2568 hundred H3967 cubits, and fifty H2572 cubits H520 for its [fn]open H4054 space H4054 round H5439 about. H5439

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 - When the man H376 went H3318 out toward the east H6921 with a line H6957 in his hand, H3027 he measured H4058 a thousand H505 cubits, H520 and he led H5674 me through H5674 the water, H4325 water H4325 reaching the ankles. H657

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:2 - And he said H559 to me, “What H4100 do you see?” H7200 And I answered, H559 “I see H7200 a flying H5774 scroll; H4039 its length H753 is twenty H6242 [fn]cubits H520 and its width H7341 ten H6235 cubits.” H520

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