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While both the Septuagint and Josephus' writings attributed only four cubits and a span (possibly about 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm) to Goliath's height, the Masoretic Text recorded Goliath's height as six cubits (possibly about 9 feet 6 inches (290 cm).
Billington suggests that the "4 cubits and a span" in the Septuagint and 4QSam a could be a conversion from MT's data of common cubits (1 cubit ≈ 18 inches) into a measurement using royal Egyptian cubits (1 cubit ≈ 20.65 inches).
The oldest manuscripts, namely the Dead Sea Scrolls text of Samuel from the late 1st century BCE, the 1st-century CE historian Josephus, and the major Septuagint manuscripts, all give Goliath's height as "four cubits and a span" (6 feet 9 inches or 2.06 metres), whereas the Masoretic Text has "six cubits and a span" (9 feet 9 inches or 2.97 ...
The common cubit was divided into 6 palms × 4 fingers = 24 digits. [2] Royal cubits added a palm for 7 palms × 4 fingers = 28 digits. [3] These lengths typically ranged from 44.4 to 52.92 cm (1 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in to 1 ft 8 + 13 ⁄ 16 in), with an ancient Roman cubit being as long as 120 cm (3 ft 11 in).
128.4–152.8 m A ris is 2 ⁄ 15, or about 0.13, of a mil. According to Rashi (Baba Kama 79b, s.v. שלושים ריס), thirty ris is equivalent to 4 mil. Maimonides concurs in his commentary on Mishnah yoma 6:4, where 90 ris is put at 12 mil. Mil (Milin) מיל mile: 0.598–0.712 mi (in case of Talmud opinion referencing a Roman mile: 0.919 ...
Some hand-based measurements, including the great span (4) A span is the distance measured by a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger. In ancient times, a span was considered to be half a cubit. Sometimes the distinction is made between the great span or full span (thumb to little finger) and little span or short ...
The Mizab is on the top of the wall which overlooks the Hijr. It is of gilded copper and projects four cubits over the Hijr, its breadth being a span. This place under the waterspout is also considered as being a place where, by the favour of God Most High, prayers are answered. The Yemen corner is the same.
As in Egypt, the palm was divided into four digits (etzba [7] or etsba) of about 18.5 mm (0.73 in) and three palms made up a span (zeret) of about 22.1 cm (9 in). [8] Six made up the Hebrew cubit ( amah [ 7 ] or ammah ) of about 44.3 cm (1 ft 5 in), although the cubits mentioned in Ezekiel [ 10 ] follow the royal cubit in consisting of seven ...