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Topic:
Cubit
With respect to the word "cubit…"
Heb. 'ammah; i.e., "mother of the arm," the fore-arm, is a
word derived from the Latin cubitus, the lower arm. It is difficult to
determine the exact length of this measure, from the uncertainty whether
it included the entire length from the elbow to the tip of the longest
finger, or only from the elbow to the root of the hand at the wrist. The
probability is that the longer was the original cubit. The common
computation as to the length of the cubit makes it 20.24 inches for the
ordinary cubit, and 21.888 inches for the sacred one. This is the same
as the Egyptian measurements. A rod or staff the measure of a cubit is
called in Judg. 3:16 gomed , which literally means a "cut,"
something "cut off." The LXX. and Vulgate render it
"span."
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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