"ephah" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ephahs [plural]
Etymology: From Hebrew אֵיפָה (eifá), from Egyptian jpt (“oipe, a dry measure of volume about 19.2 liters”). Doublet of oipe. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|אֵיפָה|tr=eifá}} Hebrew אֵיפָה (eifá), {{der|en|egy|jpt||oipe, a dry measure of volume about 19.2 liters}} Egyptian jpt (“oipe, a dry measure of volume about 19.2 liters”), {{doublet|en|oipe}} Doublet of oipe Head templates: {{en-noun}} ephah (plural ephahs)
  1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L). Wikipedia link: ephah Tags: historical Categories (topical): Bible Synonyms: epha, ephi
    Sense id: en-ephah-en-noun-oQxreNYQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Topics: units-of-measure Meronyms: cab, kab (1⁄18 ephah), omer, issaron (1⁄10 ephah), seah (1⁄3 ephah), lethek, lethech (5 ephahs), homer, chomer, cor, kor (10 ephahs)

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