Strong's Lexicon

H520

H520 — אַמָּה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewammahnoun femOccurrences: 249TWOT: 115c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H520
Word:אַמָּה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:prolonged from H517
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:249
Transliteration:ammah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:am-maw'
Meaning:1. (properly) a mother 2. (unit of measure) the fore-arm (below the elbow) 3. a cubit 4. (also) a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
KJV Renderings:cubit, + hundred (by exchange for H3967), measure, post.

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BDB522

II. אַמָּה246 noun feminine ell, cubit ( SI אמה; so Sabean DHMZMG 1865, 613; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 268], אַמָּא; Assyrian ammatu Nor280; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 269] etymology dubious; Thes and others mater brachii, i.e. length of fore-arm; others derive from √ אמם, [untranscribed source text 270] precede, be in front, & hence fore-arm compare Di Isa 6:4 DlPr 109 MV derive immediately from √אמם be wide (see above), אַמָּה = distance, & hence a particular distance, ell, cubit ) — ׳ א absolute Gen 6:15 +; construct אַמַּת Deut 3:11; Jer 51:13 dual אַמָּתַיִם Exod 25:10 +; plural אַמּוֺת Exod 26:16 +; —

1. cubit, so אַמַּתאִֿישׁ i.e. ordinary cubit, Deut 3:11 (compare Isa 8:1); in Ezek 40:5; Ezek 43:13 is a cubit one hand-breadth longer, compare 2Chr 3:3 בַּמִּחָה הָרִאשׁוֺנָה ׳ א; absolute length dubious, compare SmithDict. Bib., article Weights and Measures; LepsiusLängenmaasse der Alten, SBAk 1883,1195 f. identification with Egyptian, longer cubit. 525m., shorter .450m.; see also Id. Babylonian-Assyr. Längenmaasse 1877; MBAk 1877, 741 OppertGGA 1878, 1055; Rev. d'Assyr. i. 124 (also on the Babylonian 'half-cubit' = .270 m. Hpt AJPh 1888, 419 HomSemiten i. 501); on אַצִּילָה ׳ א Ezek 41:8 compare Sm & Co (Co strike out); חֲמֵשׁ אמות קָנִים Ezek 42:16 Kt , read מֵאוֺת so Qr Co; chiefly in Ex 25-27. 36-38 (56 t.) 1Kgs 6. 7 (45 t.) 2Chr 3.4 (21 t.) Ezek 40-43 (86 t.); a (one) cubit = אַמָּה Gen 6:16; Exod 25:10; Exod 25:23 +; הָאַמָּה Ezek 43:14 אַחַת ׳ א Ezek 40:12 (twice in verse); Ezek 40:42 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 42:4; Ezek 43:14 two cubits = אַמָּתַיִם Exod 25:10; Exod 25:17; Exod 25:23; Exod 30:2; Exod 37:1; Exod 37:6; Exod 37:10; Exod 37:25; Num 11:31 שְׁתַּיִם אַמּוֺת Ezek 40:9; Ezek 41:3; Ezek 41:22 ; Ezek 43:14 with numbers 1-10 ׳ א mostly follows number in plural Exod 26:16; Exod 27:1 (3 t. in verse); 1Kgs 6:10; Ezek 40:5; Ezek 40:7; Ezek 40:9 +; with numbers 11-1000 +, it mostly following number in singular Gen 6:15 (3 t. in verse); Exod 27:12; Exod 27:13; Exod 38:13; Exod 38:14; Exod 38:15; Num 35:4; Josh 3:4; 1Kgs 6:2 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 6:3; 1Kgs 7:15 (twice in verse); Jer 52:21; Jer 52:22; Ezek 40:49 (twice in verse) +; seldom following, in plural Ezek 40:11 (strike out Co) Ezek 40:27 (Co singular) Ezek 42:2 so also עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ אַמּוֺת Ezek 40:13 ; Ezek 40:29 but חָמֵשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה Ezek 40:25 ; Ezek 40:30; Ezek 40:33; Ezek 40:36 (late) also in plural precedes all numbers 2Chr 3:3 (twice in verse); 2Chr 3:4; 2Chr 3:8 (twice in verse) +; 2Chr 6:13; Ezek 42:2 also often בָּאַמָּה following all numbers Exod 26:2 (twice in verse); Exod 26:8 (twice in verse); Exod 27:9 ; Exod 27:18; Exod 36:9 (twice in verse); Exod 36:15 (twice in verse); Exod 36:21; Num 35:5 (4 t. in verse); 1Kgs 6:6 (3 t. in verse); 1Kgs 7:23 (3 t. in verse); 2Chr 4:2 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 40:21; Ezek 47:3; Zech 5:2 (twice in verse) +, compare לְאַמּוֺת חָמֵשׁ 2Chr 3:11 often וַחֲצִי ׳ א Exod 25:10 (3 t. in verse); Exod 25:17 (twice in verse) +, also ׳ וַחֲצִי הָא ׳ א Exod 26:16; Exod 36:21; Exod 1:31; 1Kgs 17:32 ; 1Kgs 17:35 etc.; compare שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֺת וָזָרֶ֑ת 1Sam 17:4 followed by בַּמִּדָּה in measurement Josh 3:4; 2Chr 3:3.
2. measure, full measure, limit, only אַמַּת בִּצְעֵךְ the measure of thy gain-making Jer 51:13 (|| קִצֵּךְ).


BDB523

III. [אַמָּה] noun feminine (etymology & meaning dubious; Thes foundation (compare Talmud AW ), from אֵם in metaphorical sense, compare MV; De on Isa 6:4 derived similarly, but makes support of superliminaria (compare ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 ); Ew Di derived from √ אמם = [untranscribed source text 271] precede, whence [untranscribed source text 272] front; DlPr 110 translates holder from √ אמם be wide, hence contain, hold) only אַמּוֺת הַסִּפִּים Isa 6:4.


BDB9306

[אַמָּה K§ 51, 2, Anm. 2] noun feminine Dan 3:1 cubit (= Biblical Hebrew id.; Egyptian Aramaic (plural) אמן RES246 S-CC44); — plural אַמִּין (so ᵑ7 Syriac) Dan 3:1 (twice in verse); Ezra 6:3; Ezra 6:8.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אמה (am-mah’)

Genesis 6:15

KJV: And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
EHCC: the ark (shall be) three hundred cubits,

Genesis 7:2

KJV: Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.by sevens: Heb. seven seven
EHCC: Fifteen cubits upward did the

Exodus 95:10

EHCC: two cubits and a half (shall eS) the length

Exodus 2:1

KJV: And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
EHCC: five enbits jong, and five cubits broad ;

Exodus 13:806

EHCC: (of the gate shall be) fifteen cubits:

Exodus 30:3

KJV: And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.top: Heb. roofsides: Heb. walls
EHCC: - 4 exbit (shall be) the length thereof, and

Exodus 38:9

KJV: And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
EHCC: twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth

Exodus 38:18

KJV: And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
EHCC: twenty cubits (was) the length,

Numbers 11:3

KJV: And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.Taberah: that is, A burning
EHCC: l.and asit were tio cubits

Numbers 35:4

KJV: And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
EHCC: 8 thousand cubits round about.

Deuteronomy 3:11

KJV: For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
EHCC: cubits (was) the length thereof, and four

Joshua 3:4

KJV: Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.heretofore: Heb. since yesterday, and the third day
EHCC: about two thousand cubits

Joshua 184:17

EHCC: 4. whose height (was) six cubits and a span.

1 Kings 6:2

KJV: And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
EHCC: length thereof (was) threescore cubits,

1 Kings 7:2

KJV: He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
EHCC: an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof

2 Kings 14:13

KJV: And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth–shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
EHCC: unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

2 Kings 25:17

KJV: The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
EHCC: one pillar (was) eighteen cubits,

2 Kings 2:8

KJV: And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
EHCC: molten sea of ten cubits from brim to

2 Chronicles 4:3

KJV: And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
EHCC: ten ina cubit, compassing the sea round

2 Chronicles 6:13

KJV: For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,long…: Heb. the length thereof, etc
EHCC: a brasen scaffold, of five cubits jong. and

2 Chronicles 25:23

KJV: And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth–shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.the corner…: Heb. the gate of it that looketh
EHCC: to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

Nehemiah 3:13

KJV: The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
EHCC: a thousand cubits on the wall

Esther 5:14

KJV: Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.gallows: Heb. tree
EHCC: be made of fifty cubits high,

Esther 7:9

KJV: And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.gallows: Heb. tree
EHCC: also, the pilova fifty cubits high,

Isaiah 6:4

KJV: And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.door: Heb. thresholds
EHCC: the posts of the door maved

Jeremiah 51:13

KJV: O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
EHCC: the measure of thy covetousness.

Jeremiah 52:21

KJV: And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.fillet: Heb. thread
EHCC: one pillar (was) eighteen cubits ;

Jeremiah 42:4

KJV: Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the Lord your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the Lord shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
EHCC: cubit anare half long, and a cubit and

Jeremiah 41:1

KJV: Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
EHCC: six cubits broad on the one side, and six

Jeremiah 42:2

KJV: And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the Lord thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)Let…: or, Let our supplication fall before thee
EHCC: the length of an hundred cubits

Jeremiah 43:13

KJV: He shall break also the images of Beth–shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.images: Heb. statues, or, standing imagesBeth–shemesh: or, The house of the sun
EHCC: altar ther the cubits: The cubit (is) a cubit

Jeremiah 45:2

KJV: Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;
EHCC: fifty cubits round about for the suburbs

Zechariah 5:2

KJV: And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
EHCC: the le thereof (is) twenty cubits,
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