Semed

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Semed was a measure of area in Old Testament times ( 1 Sam 14,14  EU ; Isa 5,10  EU ) and corresponded to the yoke . A yoke was an area that could be plowed in one day with a team of oxen.

  • 1 semed ≈ 16 ares

literature

  • Hugo Winckler: Ancient oriental research. Eduard Pfeiffer, Leipzig 1898, p. 90.
  • Immanuel Benzinger: Hebrew Archeology. Georg Olms Verlag, Leipzig 1927, ISBN 3-48705-165-6 , p. 192.
  • Peter Kurzweil: The Vieweg unit dictionary. Friedrich Vieweg and Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-528-06987-2 , p. 346.