Lexical Definition

‎לֶתֶךְ‎ lethek (leh'-thek) lethek ^H:N-M
from an unused root of uncertain meaning

half homer. m

• a measure for things dry

1) barley-measure
1a) uncertain measurement but thought to be half an homer-5 ephahs

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לֶ֫תֶךְ‎ noun [masculine] a barley-measure (Late Hebrew id., a corn-measure); only in ‎שְׂעֹרִים‎ ‎׳‎‎חֹמֶרשְֿׂעֹרִים וְל‎ Hos 3:2 according to ᵑ9 = 1/2 ‎כֹּר‎ = 1/2 ‎חֹמֶר‎ (q. v.), compare Mishna (Levy^{NHWB ii. 531}), but this tradition is uncertain (compare Now^{Archaeology i. 203}); ᵐ5 νέβελ οἴνου, for ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎ל‎.

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