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 |
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Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
Read word by wordas did its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
Read word by wordThere were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offering, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit high. On these were placed the utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.
Read word by wordNext he measured the court. It was square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.
Read word by wordThen he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side. The width of the gateway was fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were three cubits on either side.
Read word by wordThe portico was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side.
Read word by wordThen the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side.
Read word by wordThe width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.
Read word by wordAnd he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the side pillars at the entrance to be two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the walls on each side were seven cubits wide.
Read word by wordThen he measured the room adjacent to the inner sanctuary to be twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
Read word by wordNext he measured the wall of the temple to be six cubits thick, and the width of each side room around the temple was four cubits.
Read word by wordI saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the full length of a rod, six long cubits.
Read word by wordThe outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick, and the open area between the side rooms of the temple
Read word by wordand the outer chambers was twenty cubits wide all around the temple.
Read word by wordThe side rooms opened into this area, with one entrance on the north and another on the south. The open area was five cubits wide all around.
Read word by wordNow the building that faced the temple courtyard on the west was seventy cubits wide, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, with a length of ninety cubits.
Read word by wordThen he measured the temple to be a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.
Read word by wordThe width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits.
Read word by wordNext he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court,
Read word by wordThere was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. And the man told me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”
Read word by wordThe building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.
Read word by wordIn front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.
Read word by wordAn outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.
Read word by wordFor the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long.
Read word by wordThese are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:
Read word by wordThe space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide.
Read word by wordThe altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.
Read word by wordThe ledge shall also be square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, with a rim of half a cubit and a gutter of a cubit all around it. The steps of the altar shall face east.”
Read word by wordWithin this area there is to be a section for the sanctuary 500 cubits square, with 50 cubits around it for open land.
Read word by wordAs the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water.
Read word by word“What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”
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