Measures of area in the Bible

The Bible measures land by work and by seed: a yoke is what a pair of oxen ploughs in a day, and a field is named after the measure of grain sown on it.

Prevodník

Množstvo

Zadajte nezáporné číslo najviac 1 000 000: 2, 0,5 alebo 1/4.

= 1/30 Homer of sowing (0,0333)

V metrických jednotkách: ≈ 484–689 m², zvyčajne 495 m²

Area

Jednotka	Rovná sa	Veľkosť	Miesta v Písme
Seah of sowing SZ בֵּית סְאָה beit se'ah Land sown with a seah of seed. By the Mishnah it is 50 by 50 cubits, about 500 m².		≈ 484–689 m² zvyčajne 495 m² ^[1][2]	1 Kráľov 18:32
Homer of sowing SZ זֶרַע חֹמֶר zera homer Land sown with a homer of seed; the price of a field was set by it. A homer is thirty seahs.	= 30 × Seah of sowing	≈ 14 520–20 670 m² zvyčajne 14 850 m²	Levitikus 27:16
Yoke of land SZ צֶמֶד tsemed The land a yoke of oxen ploughs in a day, like the Roman iugerum. A rough measure, estimates vary.		≈ 1 000–4 000 m² zvyčajne 2 500 m² ^[1]	1 Samuelova 14:14, Izaiáš 5:10

Sumy a miery v Písme

Miesto	Miesta v Písme	Množstvo	Ekvivalent
Half a yoke of land	1 Samuelova 14:14	1/2 × Yoke of land	≈ 500–2 000 m²
Ten yokes of vineyard yield one bath	Izaiáš 5:10	10 × Yoke of land	≈ 10 000–40 000 m²
The trench around Elijah's altar	1 Kráľov 18:32	2 × Seah of sowing	≈ 968–1 378 m²

Zdroje

Marvin A. Powell. Weights and Measures // The Anchor Bible Dictionary, ed. D. N. Freedman. Vol. 6. New York: Doubleday, 1992
Мишна, трактат Эрувин 2:5: двор скинии 100 × 50 локтей — «место посева двух сеа»