Etymology

ephah

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Today it means: A former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L). Full definition →

Hebrew אֵיפָה ← Egyptian jpt
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The story

  1. Egyptian · derived fromjpt“oipe, a dry measure of volume about 19.2 liters”
  2. Hebrew · borrowed fromאֵיפָה
  3. English todayephah

From Hebrew אֵיפָה (eifá), from Egyptian jpt (“oipe, a dry measure of volume about 19.2 liters”). Doublet of oipe.

Words from the same roots

Egyptianjpt all →

oipe

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