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.

Konverter

Jumlah

Masukkan angka tidak negatif hingga 1 000 000: 2, 0,5 atau 1/4.

Dari

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

Dalam satuan metrik: ≈ 484–689 m², biasanya 495 m²

Area

Satuan	Sama dengan	Ukuran	Kitab Suci
Seah of sowing PL 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 biasanya 495 m² ^[1][2]	1 Raja-raja 18:32
Homer of sowing PL 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 biasanya 14 850 m²	Imamat 27:16
Yoke of land PL 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 biasanya 2 500 m² ^[1]	1 Samuel 14:14, Yesaya 5:10

Jumlah dan ukuran dalam Kitab Suci

Perikop	Kitab Suci	Jumlah	Padanan
Half a yoke of land	1 Samuel 14:14	1/2 × Yoke of land	≈ 500–2 000 m²
Ten yokes of vineyard yield one bath	Yesaya 5:10	10 × Yoke of land	≈ 10 000–40 000 m²
The trench around Elijah's altar	1 Raja-raja 18:32	2 × Seah of sowing	≈ 968–1 378 m²

Sumber

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»