An ancient Hebrew unit of dry capacity, = ¹⁄₁₀ ephah, about 2.2 liters (4 U.S. dry pints).
It occurs in the Bible (Exodus 16:16, 18, 22, 32, 33, 36) and is defined in Exodus 16:36.
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