English
ephah
Ephah comes from Hebrew אֵיפָה ‘an ephah, a former Hebrew unit of dry volume…’, and goes back to Egyptian jp ‘to count, to assess, to assign’.
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEjp‘to count, to assess, to assign’
- Egyptian, derivedc. 3200 BCE–600 CEjpt‘oipe, a dry measure of volume about 19.2 liters’
- Hebrew1880s–presentאֵיפָהeifá‘an ephah, a former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611ephah
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEjp‘to count, to assess, to assign’
- Egyptian, derivedc. 3200 BCE–600 CEjpt‘oipe, a dry measure of volume about 19.2 liters’
- Hebrew1880s–presentאֵיפָהeifá‘an ephah, a former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611ephah
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah,…”
Every English word from Egyptian jp
Today it means
noun A former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Egyptian jp / ephah