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מִשְׁחָה‏ n.f. measurement

measurement, dimension, size OfA^Eg, Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, JBA, Man, LJLA. TgJ Jos3:4 : רַחִיק יְהֵי בֵינֵיכוֹן וֻבֵינוֹהִי כִתרֵין אַלפִין אַמִין בְמִשחְתָא‏ stay away a distance of about two thousand cubits between you and it. TgJ Ez48:16 : וְאִלֵין מִשחָתַהָא‏ these are its dimensions. TN Ex25:10 : ואמתא ופלג משחת רומיה‏ a cubit and a half its height dimension. PJ Ex26:2 : משחתא חדא לכל יריעתא‏ a single size for all the curtains. proportion LJLA. TgTosPr Isaiah.66:23 : למיבנא בית מקדשא במשח<תא> דכולה ירוש<לם> וקרתא ירוש<לם> במשחתא דכולי עלמא‏ to build the Temple in the proportions of Jerusalem and the city of Jerusalem in the proportions of the whole world. דמשחן‏, דמשחא‏ : of large measurements, substantial JLAtg, Sam. TgJ Jer22:14 : אַבנֵי לִי בָתִין דְמִשחָן/דמשחא/ וַעֲלִיָין מְרַוְוחָן‏ let me build large houses with spacious upper stories.

surveying, measuring JLAtg, JBA. TgJ Zec1:16 : חוּט דְמִשחֲתָא יִתנְגִיד עַל בִניַן כוּתלֵי יְרוּשלַם‏ a measuring cord will be stretched over the building of Jerusalem’s walls.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 333b; DJBA: 712b; Jastrow: 851; Levy Ch-W: 2:75; Tal Sam: 490a; DNWSI: 700; Cook,Qumran: 149;

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