lethek
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Noun edit
lethek (plural letheks)
- (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew measure of dry volume, equal to about 115 L or 3¼ bushels.
Meronyms edit
- (dry volume): cab, kab (1⁄90 lethek); omer, issaron (1⁄50 lethek); seah (1⁄15 lethek); ephah, epha (1⁄5 lethek); homer, chomer, cor, kor (2 letheks)
References edit
- "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online