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# ephah

«ephah» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **An ancient Hebrew measure for dry things like flour or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

An ancient Hebrew measure for dry things like flour or grain, about a bushel or a little less. It is also a man's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ephah/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It was the standard measure for grain and flour offerings, and an omer was a tenth of it. Ephah is also a son of Midian. Interpretation: The law demanded a "just ephah," so the measure stood for honest dealing in trade, and the Rabbis taught that cheating with measures was a serious sin.

### examples

- Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. (Torah EXO.16.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ephah/#x1)
- And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. (Torah GEN.25.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ephah/#x2)
- And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake. (Torah LEV.24.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ephah/#x3)
- Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. (Prophets EZK.45.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ephah/#x4)
- And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez. (Writings 1CH.2.46, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ephah/#x5)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.699/)
- [Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.484/)
- [And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.713/)
- [For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.100/)
- [Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1213/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ephah» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ephah/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.