• II . בַּת S 1004, 1323, 1324, 1325 TWOT 241, 254b, 2644, 298a GK 1426, 1427, 1428 n.m. Ez 45:14
( f. Is 5:1 0) bath ( Thes al. from above √ in sense of define, measure; cf. τέµνω ; Lag ^Or ii. 10 f. makes = בדת , = בד + fem. ת ; cf. Syriac ܒܕ ( bd ), instrument for pressing olives; cf. Epiphan. βάδος = ἐλαιοτριβεῖον ; & βάδος also Hesych.

Jos ^Ant. viii, 2, 9 but ed. Niese βάτους, βάτος ) — בּ׳ abs. Is 5:10 + 6 times; ( בָּ˜ת Ez 45:1 1) cstr. Ez 45:1 0; pl. בַּתִּים 2 Ch 2:9 ^(×2) + 3 times;—a liquid measure = אֵיפָה of dry measure, each being 1/10 חֹמֶר ( q.v. ) Ez 45:11 ^(×2),
14 ^(×2); also Is 5:10 1 K 7:2 6, 38 2 Ch 2:9 ^(×2), 4:5 + Ez 45:14 ^(×2) (4 times in this v. , Co del. a & d ). Ez 45:10 בַּת־צֶדֶק a righteous (right, accurate, full) bath ( || אֵיפַת־צֶדֶק ). The actuall size of bath ( = ephah) is appar. c. 40 litres ( = Attic metretes cf. Jos ^Ant. viii, 2, 9; = 39.39 lit. cf. Boeckh Metrol. Untersuch. 259 f. ; v. also J. Brandis Münz- Mass- u. Gewichtswesen 29 f. Smith Dict. Bibl e, art. Weights & Measures Ri ^{HWB 934 f.}).— I . בַּת v. sub בֵּן .

• [ בַּתָּה S 1327 TWOT 298b GK 1431 ] n.f. precipice, steep ( ^as cut off, abrupt ) ^— בְּנַחֲלֵי הַבַּתֹּות Is 7:19 in the ravines of the precipices .

• בָּתָה S 1326 TWOT 298c GK 1429 n.f. end, destruction ( ^for בַּתָּה , perhaps on account of difference of meaning, perhaps from analogy of כָּלָה with like sense; cf. Di ) — בָתָה וַאֲשִׁיתֵהוּ Is 5:6 and I will make it (the vineyard) a destruction , a waste, or ( Che ) make an end of it .

Lag P. de Lagarde, Orientalia . Jos Fl. Josephus, Antiquities Co C. H. Cornill.
del. dele, strike out (also delet, delent ).

Dict. Bible Smith, Dictionary of Bible. Ri E. Riehm, Handwörterb. d. bibl. Alterth .