Lexicon
שִׁתִּין
shit.tin
H8361
A:N Hebrew

sixty

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Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

shit.tin denotes a numerical measure used for an image's height and for a building's dimensions in the supplied verses.

The supplied verses show shit.tin in numerical measurements: it specifies the height of Nebuchadnezzar's image and both the height and breadth prescribed for the house of God. Daniel 6:1 also contains the form, but the supplied translation presents a different numerical statement, so its specific contribution is not clear from the available clause.

Senses in use

  1. Numerical dimension in cubits · dominant

    In Daniel 3:1, the cardinal plural form occurs in the clause giving the gold image's height; the APB renders the measurement as "sixty cubits." In Ezra 6:3, two cardinal singular forms occur in the decree's dimensions for the house of God, and the APB renders both height and breadth as "sixty cubits."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term in Daniel 3:1 and Ezra 6:3 through the repeated measurement "sixty cubits." Daniel 6:1 gives "one hundred and twenty satraps," so the translation does not make this lemma's individual contribution clear there.

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