seah

English

Etymology

From Hebrew סְאִים֙.

Noun

seah (plural seahs)

1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about 7.7 L or 7 quarts.

Meronyms

• cab, kab (¹⁄₆ seah); ephah, epha (3 seahs); lethek, lethech (15 seahs); homer, chomer, cor, kor (30 seahs)

References

• "Weights and Measures" at Oxford Biblical Studies Online

Anagrams

• HEAs, shea, Hase, Shea, æsh, ashe, Ashe, Eash, HAES, hase

Old English

Alternative forms

• sæh — Anglian
• seh — West Saxon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæ͜ɑx/

Verb

seah

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of sēon