לֶתֶךְ

«לֶתֶךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: a barley-measure — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 3963 · BDB: לֶ֫תֶךְ

Glosses

a.lethech (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

a barley-measure tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

barley-measure tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] a barley-measure (NH id., a corn-measure); only in חֹמֶר־שְׂעֹרִים וְל׳ שְׂעֹרִים Ho 3:2; according to 𝔙 = 1/2 כֹּר = 1/2 חֹמֶר (q.v.), cf. Mish. (LevyNHWB ii. 531), but this tradition is uncertain (cf. NowArch. i. 203); 𝔊 νέβελ οἴνου, for ל׳ שׂ׳.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «לֶתֶךְ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Hosea 3:2

וָאֶכְּרֶ֣הָ לִּ֔י בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר כָּ֑סֶף וְחֹ֥מֶר שְׂעֹרִ֖ים וְלֵ֥תֶךְ שְׂעֹרִֽים׃

Word for word: and I bought.her for myself for fif- teen silver and a.homer of.barley(s) and a.lethech of.barley(s)

JPS 1917: So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;

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