criterion/scale/measuring-rod

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criterion/scale/measuring-rod

criterion/scale/measuring-rod

A measuring rod. Criteria or important parameters for determining a position (originally: an 'amah' is a unit of length, about half a meter, like the length of the forearm).

("And these are the measures of the altar in cubits — the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth"—Ezekiel 43:13, and also: "And these are the foundations Solomon laid for building the house of God: the length by the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits"—II Chronicles 3:3, and also: "It seems that among Holocaust survivors there are different measuring rods for checking how couples get along"—A. Amir / Ahavat Shaul, 115 )

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַמַּת מִדָּה, אַמּוֹת מִדָּה, אמת מידה

Definition (Hebrew)

הַקְּרִיטֶרְיוֹנִים אוֹ הַפָּרָמֶטְרִים הַחֲשׁוּבִים לִקְבִיעַת עֶמְדָּה (בַּמָּקוֹר: אַמָּה הִנָּהּ מִדַּת אֹרֶךְ, כַּחֲצִי מֶטֶר, כְּאֹרֶךְ קְנֵה הַזְּרוֹעַ).

("וְאֵלֶּה מִדּוֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בָּאַמּוֹת אַמָּה אַמָּה וָטֹפַח"- יְחֶזְקֵאל מָג יג, וְכֵן: "וְאֵלֶּה הוּסַד שְׁלֹמֹה לִבְנוֹת אֶת בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים הָאֹרֶךְ אַמּוֹת בַּמִּדָּה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה אַמּוֹת שִׁשִּׁים וְרֹחַב אַמּוֹת עֶשְׂרִים"- דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב ג ג, וְכֵן: "אֵצֶל ניצולי שׁוֹאָה יֵשׁ כַּנִּרְאֶה אַמּוֹת מִדָּה אֲחֵרוֹת לִבְדֹּק אֵיךְ זוּגוֹת מִסְתַּדְּרִים בֵּינֵיהֶם"- א.עָמִיר/ אַהֲבַת שָׁאוּל, 115 )

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