Lexical Definition

‎אַמָּה‎ ʼammâh (am-maw') cubit ^A:N
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎אַמָּה‎

cubit.

• {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)}

1) cubit-a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 18 in (. 5 m)

Extended Information

Aramaic of: אַמָּה

• Aramaic of am.mah (‎א‎ַ‎מ‎ָּ‎ה‎ "cubit" אַמָּה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎אַמָּה‎ K^{§ 51, 2, Anm. 2}] noun feminine^{Dan 3:1} cubit (= Biblical Hebrew id.; Egyptian Aramaic (plural) ‎אמן‎ RES²⁴⁶ S-C^C44); — plural ‎אַמִּין‎ (so ᵑ7 Syriac) Dan 3:1 (twice in verse); Ezra 6:3; Ezra 6:8.

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