hebrew #3963 - לֶתֶךְ lethek (a dry measure)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance half homer From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a measure for things dry -- half homer. Englishman's Concordance 1) barley-measure 1a) uncertain measurement but thought to be half an homer - 5 ephahs Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root of uncertain meaning Same Word by TWOT Number: 1133a Brown-Driver-Briggsלֶ֫תֶךְnoun [masculine]a barley-measure (Late Hebrew id., a corn-measure); only in שְׂעֹרִים׳חֹמֶרשְֿׂעֹרִים וְלHosea 3:2; according to ᵑ9=1/2 כֹּר=1/2 חֹמֶר (q. v.), compare Mishna (LevyNHWB ii. 531), but this tradition is uncertain (compare NowArchaeology i. 203); ᵐ5νέβελ οἴνου, for ׳שׂ׳ל. Englishman's Concordance (References) |