אַמּ֣וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אַמּ֣וֹת

   a-MOT

   cubits
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֑ים

   a-MOT e-se-RIM

   cubits twenty
3. clause🔊 וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ אֶת־בֵּֽית־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים אָרְכּ֞וֹ עַל־פְּנֵ֤י רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְרָחְבּ֖וֹ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֑ים

   va-ya-AS ET-BET-KO-desh ha-ko-da-SHIM OR-KO al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-rokh-BO a-MOT e-se-RIM

   and he made {the direct object} the holy ones its length upon the face of or in front of the breadth of the house cubits twenty and its breadth cubits twenty
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ אֶת־בֵּֽית־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים אָרְכּ֞וֹ עַל־פְּנֵ֤י רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְרָחְבּ֖וֹ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֑ים וַיְחַפֵּ֙הוּ֙ זָהָ֣ב ט֔וֹב לְכִכָּרִ֖ים שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃

   va-ya-AS ET-BET-KO-desh ha-ko-da-SHIM OR-KO al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-rokh-BO a-MOT e-se-RIM va-ye-kha-PE-hu za-HAV TOV le-khi-ka-RIM SHESH me-OT

   and he made {the direct object} the holy ones its length upon the face of or in front of the breadth of the house cubits twenty and its breadth cubits twenty and he overlaid it gold good or fine for talents six hundreds

Exegesis

The repeated measure ʾammôṯ ʿeśrîm {אַמּוֹת עֶשׂרִים | ʾammôṯ ʿeśrîm} ‘twenty cubits’ confirms both length and breadth.

Root and etymology

ʾ-m-h🔊 א־מ־הaleph–mem–he

“cubit, forearm”

• 🔊 אַמָּהʾammâcubitGenesis 6:15