H3963

H3963 — לֶתֶך

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Hebrewletheknoun mascOccurrences: 1TWOT: 1133a

Definition / Gloss

lethek (leh'-thek) n-m. 1. a measure for things dry [from an unused root of uncertain meaning] KJV: half homer.

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half homer.

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לֶ֫תֶךְ noun [masculine] a barley-measure (Late Hebrew id., a corn-measure); only in שְׂעֹרִים ׳ חֹמֶרשְֿׂעֹרִים וְל Hos 3:2 according to ᵑ9 = 1/2 כֹּר = 1/2 חֹמֶר (q. v.), compare Mishna (Levy^{NHWB ii. 531}), but this tradition is uncertain (compare Now^{Archaeology i. 203}); ᵐ5 νέβελ οἴνου, for ׳ שׂ ׳ ל.