H6613 H6613
width, breadth; an Aramaic measurement term
An Aramaic noun denoting the measurement of width or breadth, this term appears in descriptions of monumental architecture. Nebuchadnezzar's golden image and the rebuilt Jerusalem temple both have their width specified with this word. As a technical architectural term, it complements measurements of height and length, providing the full dimensions needed to envision these impressive structures. The word is the Aramaic counterpart to Hebrew 'rochav.'
Senses
1. sense 1 — Found in Ezra 6:3 (the width of the temple) and Daniel 3:1 (the width of Nebuchadnezzar's golden image), this Aramaic measurement term is consistently rendered as 'width' or 'breadth' across languages: Spanish 'anchura,' French 'largeur,' German preserving the Aramaic in transliteration. The term provides essential architectural specifications: the temple was to be 60 cubits wide, the image 6 cubits. Such precision in sacred and royal construction reflected the importance of divine or royal commands being executed exactly. 2×
AR["عَرْضُهُ"]·ben["তার-প্রস্থ", "প্রস্থ-তার"]·DE["[פתיה]"]·EN["its-width"]·FR["[פתיה]", "largeur"]·heb["פתיה-ו", "רוחבו"]·HI["उसकी-चौड़ाई", "और-उसकी-चौड़ाई"]·ID["lebarnya"]·IT["[פתיה]"]·jav["wiyar", "wiyar-ipun"]·KO["그것-의-너비", "너비가-그것의"]·PT["largura-sua", "sua-largura"]·RU["ширина-его"]·ES["su-anchura"]·SW["upana-wake"]·TR["genisligi", "genişliği-onun"]·urd["چوڑائی-اس-کی", "چوڑائی-اُس-کی"]
Related Senses
H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)H4057b 1. wilderness, desert region (270×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)H7126 2. draw near, approach (95×)G2281 1. sea, large body of water (91×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [פְּתָי] n.[m.] breadth (𝔗 Syriac; EgyptianAramaic RÉS246 S-CD 4);—sf. פְּתָיֵהּ Dn 3:1 Ezr 6:3.