ephah
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Hebrew אֵיפָה (eifá), from Egyptian jpt (“oipe, a dry measure of volume about 19.2 liters”). Doublet of oipe.
Noun
editephah (plural ephahs)
- (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L).
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 45:10–11:
Meronyms
edit- cab, kab (1⁄18 ephah); omer, issaron (1⁄10 ephah); seah (1⁄3 ephah); lethek, lethech (5 ephahs); homer, chomer, cor, kor (10 ephahs)
References
edit- "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online