IMEASUREMENTS

HEBREW
GOOGLE SLIDES
METRIC

📐Length

2 ft or 24 inches
60.96 cm ס"מ

1 ft or 12 inches
30.48 cm ס"מ

4 inches
10.16 cm ס"מ

1 inch
2.54 cm ס"מ

💪Weight

75 lb or 1200 oz
90 lbt or 1080 ozt
34 kg ק"ג

24 oz
21.6 ozt
680 g

20 oz
18 ozt
567 g

.4 oz
.36 ozt
11.3 g

.3 oz
.24 ozt
8.5 g

2/3 is the only non unit fraction in Egyptian math. Why this is so and why the ancient Hebrews had a special measurement for 2/3's but not 1/3 is something scholars have yet to reveal.

.2 oz
.18 ozt
5.6 g

.02 oz
.018 ozt
0.5 g

🌾Dry Capacity

180 qts
180 L

180 qts
180 L

90 qts
90 L

18 qts
18 L

6 qts
6 L

1.8 qts
1.8 L

1 qt
1 L

💧Liquid Capacity

18 qts or 1 Efah
18 L

3 qts
3 L

1/4 qt
.25 L

❗NOTE: In case you haven't noticed the Omer is a horribly impractical measurement. The Hebrews were very much a dozenal people and had little use for base 10 measurements. Base 12 of course has more factors. So where does this out of sync decimal measurement come from? It wouldn't be so bad if the Ancient Hebrews had any measurement less than an Omer that could divide evenly into it. But they didn't! The Omer is a strictly ceremonial measurement instituted by the creator of heaven and earth. It serves no other purpose but to remind the children of Israel of the 10 commandments as well as the tithe. Other than for religious ceremonies it just wouldn't work in the market place since the other measurements are incompatible with it.

📝NOTE: you can reconstruct the entire biblical measuring system with just these three items:
👣1 American Foot = span
💰2 quarters or a 50¢ piece = shekel
💧1 qt or 1 L = qab
*28 g = 1 oz
*32 g = 1 ozt
📝 NOTE: The liquid and dry measurements are exactly like the Babylonian base 60 system. Basically it is based off the degrees of a circle(360). There are 180° between freezing and boiling in the Fahrenheit system. 180 is half the degrees of a circle. Likewise there are 180 qabs in a kor.