bat denotes a measured quantity in Ezra’s listed provisions of wine and oil.

The attested plural form occurs in Ezra 7:22 within stated limits for provisions of wine and oil, indicating a measure used to specify those quantities.

1. Measure in provision limits · dominant

   In Ezra 7:22, the two masculine plural absolute forms occur in the clause listing limits for wine and oil; the APB renders the verse with “up to a hundred baths of wine” and “up to a hundred baths of oil.”

   Ezra 7:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezra 7:22, the APB presents the term as “baths” in the listed quantities of wine and oil.