--- title: אַמָּה — cubit · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: אַמָּה (lemma:אַמָּה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: cubit. BDB 1906: n.f. 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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5de_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Dn 3:1 cubit (= BH id.; v. p. 52; Egyptian Aramaic (pl.) אמן RÉS246 S-C C 44);—pl. אַמִּין (so 𝔗 Syriac) Dn 3:1(×2); Ezr 6:3(×2). ### Jastrow 1903 אַמָּה: fore-arm, arm arm-pit cubit membrum virile river-arm canal, dyke, sewer. the duct of the arm-pit cubits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5de_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** , v. אֵם) fore-arm, arm. Sot. 12ᵇ; Ex. R. s. 1 אמתה חד אמר ידה the word אמתה (Ex. II, 5)—one says it means אַמָּתָהּ, her arm, the other says it means אֲמָתָהּ, her maid-servant (v. אָמָה).—Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) א׳ דבצלי׳ an arm (direction-post) \&c.; v. בְּצַל; Koh. R. to XII, 7 אם.—אַמַּת (בית) השחי the arm up to the axilla, arm-pit, name of an opening in a Temple door; v. however, infra. 4).—2) cubit, a measure equal to the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle-finger. Keth. 5ᵇ; Men. 11ᵃ זו א׳ this one (the middle-finger) is used for defining the cubit measure. Kel. XVII, 10 אַמַּת הבנין וכ׳ the standard cubit of the Temple proportions was six, that of the vessels five hand-breadths. Sabb. 31ᵃ א׳ הבנין the builder’s cubit (instrument).—א׳ על א׳ square-cubit. Yoma 31ᵃ; a. e.—Zeb. 62ᵇ (גרומה) א׳ גדומה; Y. Yoma IV, 41ᶜ bot. גמודה a reduced cubit; v. גָּדַם; also called א׳ בת ששה עצבות a cubit of six hand-breadths pressed together (sorrowing), opp. to א׳ (בת ששה) שוחקות a cubit of six wide-spread (laughing) hand-breadths. Erub. 3ᵇ. Y. Shek. VI, end, 50ᵇ.—Gen. R. s. 31 (א׳) תביקין Theban (Egypt.) cubit(?). B. Bath. 99ᵇ אמה בית השלחין land for digging a dyke of one cubit’s width; א׳ בית הקילון (Var. קלון, סילון) land for a creek or pond for watering cattle and washing clothes, of one cubit’s width. (= אצבע) membrum virile. Sabb. 108ᵇ. Nidd. 13ᵃ sq. B. Kam. 19ᵇ prop. river-arm, hence canal, dyke, sewer. Peah II, 2 אַמַּת המים.—Yoma V, 6 אלו ואלו מתערבין בא׳ the blood of both was mixed in the sewer; Tam. III, 6; B. Mets. 33ᵃ; Y. Hor. III, 48ᵇ top אמת (בית) השחי a sewer in the Temple called the duct of the arm-pit (from its shape; v. Grætz Monatsschr. 1880, p. 289; \[emendation שית unnecessary\]; v. supra.—Pl. אַמֹּות cubits. Kel. XVII, 10; a. fr. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «אַמָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5de_5b8_5bc_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.1/) נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗א עֲבַד֙ צְלֵ֣ם דִּֽי־דְהַ֔ב רוּמֵהּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖הּ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁ֑ת אֲקִימֵהּ֙ בְּבִקְעַ֣ת דּוּרָ֔א בִּמְדִינַ֖ת בָּבֶֽל׃ *Word for word:* Nebuchadnezzar the king he.made an.image (diy).of gold height its \[was\].cubits sixty width its \[was\].cubits six he set.it.up on the.plain of.Dura in the.province of.Babylon *JPS 1917:* Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. [Ezra 6:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.3/) בִּשְׁנַ֨ת חֲדָ֜ה לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֗א כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֮ שָׂ֣ם טְעֵם֒ בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֤א בִֽירוּשְׁלֶם֙ בַּיְתָ֣א יִתְבְּנֵ֔א אֲתַר֙ דִּֽי־דָבְחִ֣ין דִּבְחִ֔ין וְאֻשּׁ֖וֹהִי מְסֽוֹבְלִ֑ין רוּמֵהּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖הּ אַמִּ֥ין שִׁתִּֽין׃ *Word for word:* in year one of Cyrus the king Cyrus the king he.made a.decree the.house of.(the) God in Jerusalem the house let.it.be.built a.place which \[they.were\].sacrificing sacrifices and foundations its \[be\].retained height its cubits sixty width its cubits sixty *JPS 1917:* In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; - ← previous: [אֲלַף](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5dc_5b7_5e3.md) - next →: [אֻמָּה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5bb_5de_5b8_5bc_5d4.md) - ↑ back to [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1488.md)