Scriptorium tag: N
Known entity types:  
 1. (En) ell, cubit (forearm)
(Fr) avant-bras, coudée
(De) Elle, Unterarm
Bibliography: CD 210b-211a?; KoptHWb 110?; ChLCS 30a?
Descended from Demotic mḥ, Hieroglyphic Egyptian mḥ cubit; cubit rod; see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
  • ⲉⲕⲛⲕⲟⲧⲕ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲙⲁ ⲙⲛϩⲉⲛⲥⲛⲏⲩ · ⲙⲡⲣⲕⲁⲁⲕ ⲉⲕϩⲏⲛ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲁϩⲉ · When thou art sleeping in any place with the brethren let not thy person approach them within a cubit. Letter of pseudo-Ephrem MERC.AT 126-134 (urn:cts:copticLit:psephrem.letter.budge:1-9)
  • ⲉⲣⲉⲛⲉⲕⲟⲃϩⲉ ⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙⲡⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ ⲛⲁⲟⲩϭⲓⲥ ⲙⲁϩⲉ ⲛϣⲓⲏ · Thy teeth shall project from thy mouth the length of half a cubit. Discourse on Abbaton, part 2 (urn:cts:copticLit:timothy.discourses.on_abbaton:22-54)
  • ⲉⲕⲉⲉⲛⲧⲥ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲕⲉϫⲱⲕⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲁϩⲉ ϩⲓⲧⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲥⲣⲟ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲕⲉⲕⲁⲁϥ ⲛⲥⲁⲥⲡⲓⲣ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲕⲉⲧⲁⲙⲓⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲧ ⲟⲩⲛⲧ ⲛⲟⲩⲁϩⲙⲉⲥ ⲥⲉⲛⲧⲉ ϩⲓϣⲟⲙⲛⲧ Thou shalt narrow the ark in making it, and in a cubit above thou shalt finish it, and the door of the ark thou shalt make on the side; with lower, second, and third stories thou shalt make it. 01_Genesis_6 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.gen.coptot:6)

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