אַמָּה

H520. ammah
II. אַמָּה246 noun feminine ell, cubit (SI אמה; so Sabean DHMZMG 1865, 613; Aramaic , אַמָּא; Assyrian ammatu Nor280; Ethiopic etymology dubious; Thes and others mater brachii, i.e. length of fore-arm; others derive from √ אמם, 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 Deu 3:11; Jer 51:13; dual אַמָּתַיִם Exo 25:10 +; plural אַמּוֺת Exo 26:16 +; —
1 cubit, so אַמַּתאִֿישׁ i.e. ordinary cubit, Deu 3:11 (compare Isa 8:1); in Eze 40:5; Eze 43:13 is a cubit one hand-breadth longer, compare 2Ch 3:3 ׳א הָרִאשׁוֺנָה בַּמִּחָה; 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. HptAJPh 1888, 419 HomSemiten i. 501); on ׳א אַצִּילָה Eze 41:8 compare Sm & Co (Co strike out); קָנִים אמות חֲמֵשׁ Eze 42:16 Kt, read מֵאוֺת so Qr Co; chiefly in Exodus 25-27. 36-38 (56 t.) 1Kings 6.. 7 (45 t.) 2 Chronicles 3.4 (21 t.) Ezekiel 40-43 (86 t.); a (one) cubit = אַמָּה Gen 6:16; Exo 25:10, Exo 25:23 +; הָאַמָּה Eze 43:14; ׳א אַחַת Eze 40:12 (twice in verse); Eze 40:42 (3 t. in verse); Eze 42:4; Eze 43:14; two cubits = אַמָּתַיִם Exo 25:10, Exo 25:17, Exo 25:23; Exo 30:2; Exo 37:1, Exo 37:6, Exo 37:10, Exo 37:25; Num 11:31; אַמּוֺת שְׁתַּיִם Eze 40:9; Eze 41:3, Eze 41:22; Eze 43:14; with Numbers 1-10 ׳א mostly follows number in plural Exo 26:16; Exo 27:1 (3 t. in verse); 1Ki 6:10; Eze 40:5, Eze 40:7, Eze 40:9 +; with numbers 11-1000 +, it mostly following number in singular Gen 6:15 (3 t. in verse); Exo 27:12-13, Exo 38:13-14, Exo 38:15; Num 35:4; Jos 3:4; 1Ki 6:2 (twice in verse); 1Ki 6:3; 1Ki 7:15 (twice in verse); Jer 52:21-22, Eze 40:49 (twice in verse) +; seldom following, in plural Eze 40:11 (strike out Co) Eze 40:27 (Co singular) Eze 42:2; so also אַמּוֺת וְחָמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרִים Eze 40:13, Eze 40:29 but אַמָּה וְעֶשְׂרִים חָמֵשׁ Eze 40:25, Eze 40:30, Eze 40:33, Eze 40:36; (late) also in plural precedes all Numbers 2Ch 3:3 (twice in verse); 2Ch 3:4, 2Ch 3:8 (twice in verse) +; 2Ch 6:13; Eze 42:2; also often בָּאַמָּה following all numbers Exo 26:2 (twice in verse); Exo 26:8 (twice in verse); Exo 27:9, Exo 27:18; Exo 36:9 (twice in verse); Exo 36:15 (twice in verse); Exo 36:21; Num 35:5 (4 t. in verse); 1Ki 6:6 (3 t. in verse); 1Ki 7:23 (3 t. in verse); 2Ch 4:2 (3 t. in verse); Eze 40:21; Eze 47:3; Zec 5:2 (twice in verse) +, compare חָמֵשׁ לְאַמּוֺת2Ch 3:11; often ׳א וַחֲצִי Exo 25:10 (3 t. in verse); Exo 25:17 (twice in verse) +, also ׳א הָא ׳וַחֲצִי Exo 26:16; Exo 36:21; 1 Kings 17:31; 1 Kings 17:32; 1 Kings 17:35 etc.; compare וָזָרֶ֑ת אַמּוֺת שֵׁשׁ 1Sa 17:4; followed by בַּמִּדָּה in measurement Jos 3:4; 2Ch 3:3.
2 measure, full measure, limit, only בִּצְעֵךְ אַמַּת the measure of thy gain-making Jer 51:13 (|| קִצֵּךְ).
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 ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5); Ew Di derived from √ אמם = precede, whence front; DlPr 110 translates holder from √ אמם be wide, hence contain, hold) only הַסִּמִּים אַמּוֺת Isa 6:4.
[אַמָּה K§ 51, 2, Anm. 2] noun feminineDan 3:1 cubit (= Biblical Hebrew id.; Egyptian Aramaic (plural) אמן RES246 S-CC44); — plural אַמִּין (so ᵑ7 Syriac) Dan 3:1 (twice in verse); Ezr 6:3, Ezr 6:8.