Kab (unit)

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The Kab , Kabos , also Kaab or Qab, was a Hebrew measure of weight and volume for wine and dry goods in Jerusalem . The measure is already mentioned in the Bible .

  • 1 Kabos = 1/6 quafis = 19.47 kilograms (wheat) corresponded to about 25 liters ( dubious amount, is about ten times )
  • 18 Kabos = 1 epha
  • 1 Kabos = 1 measure (Wiener) = 2 4/5 Seidel
  • 1 Kab / Kabos = 1/6 Seah = 24 chicken egg shells (doubtful measure in Meyer)
  • 1 Seah = 2 Hin = 6 Qab / Kab / Kabos = 24 Log = 661.62 Parisian cubic inches corresponds to 13.123 liters
  • 1 Kab / Qab = 110.32 Parisian cubic inches corresponds to 2.187 liters

See also

Wiktionary: Kab  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Walther Hinz: Islamic mass and weights. EJ Brill Archive, Leiden / Cologne 1970, p. 48.
  2. ^ Friedrich Hultsch: Greek and Roman Metrology. Weidmann, Berlin 1862, p. 272.
  3. ↑ Jurende's patriotic pilgrim: business and entertainment book for all provinces of the Austrian imperial state: consecrated to all friends of culture from the teaching, military and nutritional class, especially all nature and fatherland friends. Volume 21, Winiker, Brünn 1834, p. 147.
  4. ^ Joseph Meyer: The large conversation lexicon for the educated classes. Volume 17, Bibliogr. Inst., Hildburghausen / Amsterdam / Paris / Philadelphia 1850, p. 239.
  5. ↑ Ernst Bertheau: On the history of the Israelites: two treatises . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1842, p. 66.