אמת (בית) השחי

אַמָּהf. (b. h.; אמם, v. אֵם) 1) fore-arm, arm. Sot.12b; Ex. R. s. 1 אמתה חד אמר ידה the word אמתה (Ex. 2:5)one says it means אַמָּתָהּ, her arm, the other says it means אֲמָתָהּ, her maid-servant (v. אָמָה).Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) א׳ דבצלי׳ an arm (direction-post) ; v. בְּצַל; Koh. R. to XII, 7 אם.אַמַּת (בית) השחי the arm up to the axilla, arm-pit, name of an opening in a Temple door; v. however, infra. 4). 2) cubit, a measure equal to the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle-finger. Keth.5b; Men.11a זו א׳ this one (the middle-finger) is used for defining the cubit measure. Kel. XVII, 10 אַמַּת הבניןוכ׳ the standard cubit of the Temple proportions was six, that of the vessels five hand-breadths. Sabb.31a א׳ הבנין the builders cubit (instrument).א׳ על א׳ square-cubit. Yoma 31a; a. e.Zeb.62b (גרומה) א׳ גדומה; Y.Yoma IV, 41c bot. גמודה a reduced cubit; v. גָּדַם; also called א׳ בת ששה עצבות a cubit of six hand-breadths pressed together (sorrowing), opp. to א׳ (בת ששה) שוחקות a cubit of six wide-spread (laughing) hand-breadths. Erub.3b. Y.Shek.VI, end, 50b.Gen. R. s. 31 (א׳) תביקין Theban (Egypt.) cubit (?). B. Bath.99b אמה בית השלחין land for digging a dyke of one cubits width; הקילון א׳ בית (Var. קלון, סילון) land for a creek or pond for watering cattle and washing clothes, of one cubits width. 3) (= אצבע) membrum virile. Sabb.108b. Nid. 13a sq. B. Kam.19b. 4) prop. river-arm, hence canal, dyke, sewer. Peah II, 2 אַמַּת המים.Yoma V, 6 אלו ואלו מתערבין בא׳ the blood of both was mixed in the sewer; Tam.III, 6; B. Mets.33a; Y.Hor.III, 48b top אמת (בית) השחי a sewer in the Temple called the duct of the arm-pit (from its shape; v. Grætz Monatsschr. 1880, p. 289; (emendation שית unnecessary); v. supra.Pl. אַמֹּות cubits. Kel. XVII, 10; a. fr.

אַמָּהf. (b. h.; אמם, v. אֵם) 1) fore-arm, arm. Sot.12b; Ex. R. s. 1 אמתה חד אמר ידה the word אמתה (Ex. 2:5)one says it means אַמָּתָהּ, her arm, the other says it means אֲמָתָהּ, her maid-servant (v. אָמָה).Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) א׳ דבצלי׳ an arm (direction-post) ; v. בְּצַל; Koh. R. to XII, 7 אם.אַמַּת (בית) השחי the arm up to the axilla, arm-pit, name of an opening in a Temple door; v. however, infra. 4). 2) cubit, a measure equal to the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle-finger. Keth.5b; Men.11a זו א׳ this one (the middle-finger) is used for defining the cubit measure. Kel. XVII, 10 אַמַּת הבניןוכ׳ the standard cubit of the Temple proportions was six, that of the vessels five hand-breadths. Sabb.31a א׳ הבנין the builders cubit (instrument).א׳ על א׳ square-cubit. Yoma 31a; a. e.Zeb.62b (גרומה) א׳ גדומה; Y.Yoma IV, 41c bot. גמודה a reduced cubit; v. גָּדַם; also called א׳ בת ששה עצבות a cubit of six hand-breadths pressed together (sorrowing), opp. to א׳ (בת ששה) שוחקות a cubit of six wide-spread (laughing) hand-breadths. Erub.3b. Y.Shek.VI, end, 50b.Gen. R. s. 31 (א׳) תביקין Theban (Egypt.) cubit (?). B. Bath.99b אמה בית השלחין land for digging a dyke of one cubits width; הקילון א׳ בית (Var. קלון, סילון) land for a creek or pond for watering cattle and washing clothes, of one cubits width. 3) (= אצבע) membrum virile. Sabb.108b. Nid. 13a sq. B. Kam.19b. 4) prop. river-arm, hence canal, dyke, sewer. Peah II, 2 אַמַּת המים.Yoma V, 6 אלו ואלו מתערבין בא׳ the blood of both was mixed in the sewer; Tam.III, 6; B. Mets.33a; Y.Hor.III, 48b top אמת (בית) השחי a sewer in the Temple called the duct of the arm-pit (from its shape; v. Grætz Monatsschr. 1880, p. 289; (emendation שית unnecessary); v. supra.Pl. אַמֹּות cubits. Kel. XVII, 10; a. fr.