cubit

     

A cubit is any one of many units of measure use by various ancient peoples and is among the first recorded units of length.

Trivia about cubit

  • The Hebrew word for this Biblical unit of measurement is Ammah, aptly meaning "elbow" or "forearm"
  • (Sarah of the clue crew reports by a pyramid in Giza, Egypt.) To get the right slope, pyramid builders used the seget, the amount they build out, for each of these biblical units going up
  • Noah must have read the World Almanac to know that 21.8 inches equals one of this type of ancient measure

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