Lexical Definition

‎סְאָה‎ çᵉʼâh (seh-aw') seah ^H:N-F
from an unused root meaning to define

measure.

• a seah, or certain measure (as determinative) forgrain

1) seah, a measure of flour or grain
1a) probably equal to 1/3 ephah

See Greek: μετρητής · μέτρον · σάτον

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Also see: סַאסְּאָה

‎סְאָה‎ noun feminine (see below) se'ah, a measure of flour, grain, etc. (√ unknown; perhaps foreign word; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎סְאָה‎, ‎סָאתָא‎, , , (Greek σάτον, Lewy^{Fremdwörter 116 f})); — absolute ‎סְאָהֿ‎ 2Kgs 7:1; 2Kgs 7:16, ‎וּסֳאָהֿ‎ v2Kgs 7:18 (Baer Ginsb compare Ges^{«GKC:10h»§ 10h}); dual ‎סָאתַיִם‎ 1Kgs 18:32 + 3 t.; plural ‎סְאִים‎ Gen 18:6; 1Sam 25:18 — always with appositive of thing measured, Gen 18:6 (J), 1Sam 25:18; 1Kgs 18:32; 2Kgs 7:1 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 7:16 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 7:18 (twice in verse) (where apparently masculine, perhaps after analogy of other measures of capacity, ‎הִין‎, ‎תֹמֶר‎, ‎כֹּר‎, etc., Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 95}); — ‎סַאסְּאָה‎ Isa 27:8 see ‎סאסא‎. — On size of se'ah = 1/3 ephah, = 12.148 litres (= 10.696 qts.), see Now^{Archaeology i. 203} Benz^{Archaeology 183}.

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