אַמָּה (am.mah) means “cubit” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: am-maw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
אַמָּה · am.mah · cubit
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 (De 3:11), the legal cubit or cubit of the sanctuary (Eze 40:5) plus others. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment. Aramaic equivalent: am.mah (אַמָּה "cubit" H0521)
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אַמָּה · am.mah · foundation
foundation
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prolonged from H517 (אֵם); 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)
KJV glosses: cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for H3967 (מֵאָה)), measure, post.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| cubits | 152 |
| cubits long | 17 |
| a cubit | 15 |
| and a cubit | 9 |
| two | 4 |
| cubits high | 3 |
| cubits wide | 3 |
| and two cubits | 2 |
| cubit | 2 |
| cubits thick | 2 |
| per cubit | 2 |
| two cubits | 2 |
| vvv | 2 |
| about two cubits | 1 |
| and the ledge one cubit | 1 |
| cubit high | 1 |
| cubits across | 1 |
| cubits deep | 1 |
| cubits long as well | 1 |
| cubits tall | 1 |
| each a cubit | 1 |
| each measuring a cubit | 1 |
| hundred | 1 |
| in long cubits | 1 |
| of a cubit | 1 |
| shall be a cubit deep | 1 |
| the doorposts | 1 |
| the thread of your life | 1 |
| was a cubit | 1 |
| was one cubit deep | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| cubits | 189 |
| a cubit | 12 |
| thereof and a cubit | 8 |
| cubit | 6 |
| two cubits | 6 |
| and a cubit | 4 |
| in a cubit | 2 |
| of it and a cubit | 2 |
| after the cubits | 1 |
| and as it were two cubits | 1 |
| and in a cubit | 1 |
| and the posts | 1 |
| and two cubits | 1 |
| by cubits | 1 |
| by the cubit | 1 |
| five | 1 |
| of a cubit | 1 |
| of it a cubit | 1 |
| of it after the cubit | 1 |
| one cubit | 1 |
| shall it be and two cubits | 1 |
| the cubit | 1 |
| the measure | 1 |
| thereof and one cubit | 1 |
Page 1 of 3. 131 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
Read word by wordYou are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.
Read word by wordThe waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.
Read word by wordAnd they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Read word by wordAnd you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Read word by wordYou are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Read word by wordEach curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide—all curtains the same size.
Read word by wordEach of the eleven curtains is to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.
Read word by wordAnd the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.
Read word by wordEach frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Read word by word“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
Read word by wordYou are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,
Read word by wordThe curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.
Read word by wordThe east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.
Read word by wordMake the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,
Read word by wordThe gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.
Read word by wordThe entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.
Read word by wordIt is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.
Read word by wordEach curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains were the same size.
Read word by wordEach of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.
Read word by wordEach frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Read word by wordBezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Read word by wordHe constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Read word by wordHe also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Read word by wordHe made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece.
Read word by wordBezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
Read word by wordThen he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,
Read word by wordThe north side was also a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.
Read word by wordThe west side was fifty cubits long and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.
Read word by wordAnd the east side, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits long.
Read word by wordThe curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.
Read word by wordAnd the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well.
Read word by wordThe curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,
Read word by wordNow a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.
Read word by wordThe pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.
Read word by wordYou are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.
Read word by word(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
Read word by wordBut keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”
Read word by wordThen a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
Read word by wordThe house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
Read word by wordThe portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
Read word by wordThe bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.
Read word by wordHe built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.
Read word by wordHe partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
Read word by wordAnd the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
Read word by wordThe inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
Read word by wordIn the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.
Read word by wordOne wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits.
Read word by wordThe second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape,
Read word by wordand the height of each cherub was ten cubits.
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