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title: בַּת — bath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּת (1324), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: bath. BDB 1906: n.m. bath. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּת

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«בַּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bath** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 13 times · **Key:** 1324 · **BDB:** בַּת⁴

### Glosses

baths (5); bath (3); a.bath (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1324/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. bath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1324/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 45:14 (f. Is 5:10) bath (Thes al. from above √ in sense of define, measure; cf. τέμνω; LagOr. ii. 10 f. makes = בדת, = בד + fem. ת; cf. Syriac ܒܕ, instrument for pressing olives; cf. Epiphan. βάδος = ἐλαιοτριβεῖον; \& βάδος also Hesych. JosAnt. viii, 2, 9 but ed. Niese βάτους, βάτος)—בּ׳ abs. Is 5:10 + 6 times; (בָּ֑ת Ez 45:11) cstr. Ez 45:10; pl. בַּתִּים 2 Ch 2:9(×2) + 3 times;—a liquid measure = אֵיפָה of dry measure, each being 1/10 חֹמֶר (q.v.) Ez 45:11(×2), 14(×2); also Is 5:10 1 K 7:26, 38 2 Ch 2:9(×2), 4:5 + Ez 45:14(×2) (4 times in this v., Co del. a \& d). Ez 45:10 בַּת־צֶדֶק a righteous (right, accurate, full) bath (‖ אֵיפַת־צֶדֶק). The actual size of bath (= ephah) is appar. c. 40 litres (= Attic metretes cf. JosAnt. viii, 2, 9; = 39.39 lit. cf. Boeckh Metrol. Untersuch. 259 f.; v. also J. Brandis Münz- Mass- u. Gewichtswesen 29 f. Smith Dict. Bible, art. Weights \& Measures RiHWB 934 f.).—i. בַּת v. sub בֵּן.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1324/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 45:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.45.10/)

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מֹֽאזְנֵי־צֶ֧דֶק וְאֵֽיפַת־צֶ֛דֶק וּבַת־צֶ֖דֶק יְהִ֥י לָכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* balances of.righteousness and an.ephah of.righteousness and a.bath of.righteousness let.it.belong to you

*JPS 1917:* Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

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[Isaiah 5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.5.10/)

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כִּ֗י עֲשֶׂ֙רֶת֙ צִמְדֵּי־כֶ֔רֶם יַעֲשׂ֖וּ בַּ֣ת אֶחָ֑ת וְזֶ֥רַע חֹ֖מֶר יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֵיפָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* (dm) ten acres of.vineyard they.will.produce a.bath one and seed of.a.homer it.will.produce an.ephah

*JPS 1917:* For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.

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