kabn.

Brit.

/kab/, U.S.

/kæb/

Forms: 1500s–1800s cab, 1500s– kab, 1900s– qab.

Origin: A borrowing from Hebrew. Etymon: Hebrew qaḇ.

Etymology: < Hebrew qaḇ a dry measure equating to one-sixth of a seah (seah n.) < the same Semitic base as Syriac qabbā cistern.Compare Hellenistic Greek κάβος (Septuagint), post-classical Latin cabus (Vulgate), German Kab (1524 in Luther's translation of the Bible).

Ancient History and Judaism.

A measure of capacity used in ancient Palestine, typically for grain, seeds, and other dry goods, which the Talmud equates to one-sixth of a seah (seah n.), and which is thought to be of the order of a litre.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > Hebrew units

ephah1398

kab1535

seah1705

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings vi. 25 The fourth parte of a Cab [1611 King James kab] of doues donge worth fyue syluer pens.

1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 364 In two cabs of dates there is one cab of stones.

1794 D. Levi tr. Mahzor le-Ro’sh Ha-Shanah 38 The mixture of the perfume of incense, was composed of..Soap of Carsina, nine kabs: Wine of Capers, (or Kaphreeseen) three seahs, and three kabs..: Salt of Sodom, the fourth part of a kab; [etc.].

1933 H. Danby tr. Mishnah v. 500 By Jerusalem measure there were thirty kabs, fifteen for what was leavened and fifteen for what was unleavened.

2015 T. Wilkinson tr. G. Spiró Captivity 316 It says here that the woman is to receive a land area equal to seventeen qabs of grain and a stretch of orchard equal to four qabs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kab
释义	kabn. Brit. /kab/, U.S. /kæb/ Forms: 1500s–1800s cab, 1500s– kab, 1900s– qab. Origin: A borrowing from Hebrew. Etymon: Hebrew qaḇ. Etymology: < Hebrew qaḇ a dry measure equating to one-sixth of a seah (seah n.) < the same Semitic base as Syriac qabbā cistern.Compare Hellenistic Greek κάβος (Septuagint), post-classical Latin cabus (Vulgate), German Kab (1524 in Luther's translation of the Bible). Ancient History and Judaism. A measure of capacity used in ancient Palestine, typically for grain, seeds, and other dry goods, which the Talmud equates to one-sixth of a seah (seah n.), and which is thought to be of the order of a litre. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > Hebrew units ephah1398 kab1535 seah1705 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings vi. 25 The fourth parte of a Cab [1611 King James kab] of doues donge worth fyue syluer pens. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 364 In two cabs of dates there is one cab of stones. 1794 D. Levi tr. Mahzor le-Ro’sh Ha-Shanah 38 The mixture of the perfume of incense, was composed of..Soap of Carsina, nine kabs: Wine of Capers, (or Kaphreeseen) three seahs, and three kabs..: Salt of Sodom, the fourth part of a kab; [etc.]. 1933 H. Danby tr. Mishnah v. 500 By Jerusalem measure there were thirty kabs, fifteen for what was leavened and fifteen for what was unleavened. 2015 T. Wilkinson tr. G. Spiró Captivity 316 It says here that the woman is to receive a land area equal to seventeen qabs of grain and a stretch of orchard equal to four qabs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1535
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