גמא
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Hebrew
[edit]Noun
[edit]גָּמָא • (gáma) f
- gamma (the third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ))
- (Mishnaic Hebrew) (usually with כמין) L-shaped, the form of a capital Greek gamma, the semiperimeter of a rectangular item.
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Middot 3:1:
- וּכְשֶׁעָלוּ בְנֵי הַגּוֹלָה, הוֹסִיפוּ עָלָיו אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת מִן הַדָּרוֹם וְאַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת מִן הַמַּעֲרָב, כְּמִין גַּמָּא
- U-k-she-'alu vnei ha-golah, hosífu 'alav arba' ammot min ha-darom v-arba' ammot min ha-ma'arav, k-min gamma.
- t-And when the children of exile returned, they added to it four cubits from the south and four cubits from the west, in an L shape.
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Bava Metzi'a 28a:
- מִדַּת אָרְכּוֹ וּמִדַּת רָחְבּוֹ וּמִדַּת גַּמָּיו יִנָּתֵן לְמִדַּת אָרְכּוֹ וְרָחְבּוֹ
- Middat orko u-middat roḥbo u-middat gammav, yinnaten l-middat orko v-roḥbo.
- If one claimant knows its length and its width separately, and the other knows its semiperimeter, it is given to the one who knows its length and its width separately.