{"def":{"short":"an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general","long":["ephah",["a dry measure of quantity, equal to 3 seahs, 10 omers; the same as the liquid measure bath; (about 9 imperial gallons (40 l), rabbinical writings give sizes of one-half this amount)","the receptacle for measuring or holding that amount"]]},"deriv":"or (shortened) אֵפָה ; of Egyptian derivation","pronun":{"ipa":"ʔei̯ˈpɔː","ipa_mod":"ʔei̯ˈfɑː","sbl":"ʾêpâ","dic":"ay-PAW","dic_mod":"ay-FA"}}