Lexicon
פְּתָי
pe.tay
H6613
A:N-M Hebrew

breadth

2
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

pe.tay denotes a measured horizontal dimension in descriptions of an image and a building.

The attested use concerns a measured horizontal dimension: Daniel 3:1 gives the dimension of a gold image, while Ezra 6:3 gives that of the house of God.

Senses in use

  1. Measured horizontal dimension · dominant

    In Daniel 3:1, the construct singular noun occurs in the measurement statement for Nebuchadnezzar's gold image; the APB renders the clause, "Its height was sixty cubits and its width was six cubits." In Ezra 6:3, the same construct singular form occurs with the stated dimensions for the house of God; the APB renders, "its height sixty cubits and its breadth sixty cubits."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the measured dimension as "width" in Daniel 3:1 and "breadth" in Ezra 6:3. These renderings confirm the dimensional context rather than establish separate senses.

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