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.

Конвертор

Унесите ненегативан број до 1 000 000: 2, 0,5 или 1/4.

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

У метричким јединицама: ≈ 484–689 м², обично 495 м²

Area

Јединица Једнако је Величина Места у Писму
Seah of sowing СЗ
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 м²
обично 495 м²
[1][2]
1. Царевима 18:32
Homer of sowing СЗ
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 м²
обично 14 850 м²
3. Мојсијева 27:16
Yoke of land СЗ
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 м²
обично 2 500 м²
[1]
1. Самуилова 14:14, Исаија 5:10

Износи и мере у Писму

Место Места у Писму Количина Еквивалент
Half a yoke of land 1. Самуилова 14:14 1/2 × Yoke of land ≈ 500–2 000 м²
Ten yokes of vineyard yield one bath Исаија 5:10 10 × Yoke of land ≈ 10 000–40 000 м²
The trench around Elijah's altar 1. Царевима 18:32 2 × Seah of sowing ≈ 968–1 378 м²

Извори

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