Jastrow: סְאָה

סְאָה f. (b. h.) S’ah, a measure of volume for dry objects and for liquids; in gen. measure. Men. XII, 4 בארבעים ס׳ וכ׳ in a reservoir containing forty S. he can bathe for purification, in forty less one drop &c. Mikv. I, 7; a. fr.—Sot. 9ᵃ אין … עד שתתמלא סְאָתוֹ the Lord does not exact payment (punishment) of a man until his measure is full. Ib. 8ᵇ; Tosef. ib. III, 1 (ref. to בסאסאה, Is. XXVII, 8) אין לי אלא שמדד בס׳ וכ׳ this would prove only that the Lord measures by the S’ah (repays only great sins, overlooking the small ones) &c.; Y. ib. I, 17ᵃ.—בֵּית ס׳ (or sub. בית) a field requiring one S’ah of seed, (a square measure) Beth S’ah. Shebi. III, 2. B. Bath. VII, 2 רובע לס׳ one fourth of a Kab for each (Beth) S’ah; a. fr.—Tanḥ. Ki Thissa26 משקל ארבעים ס׳ forty S’ah in weight (weight of forty S’ah of wheat).—Pl. סָאוֹת, סְאִים, סְאִין. Y. l. c. (ref. to סאון, Is. IX, 4) ריבה כאן ס׳ הרבה the text intimates here a variety of measures (recompenses). Men. VII, 1 חמש ס׳ וכ׳ five Jerusalem S’ah which are equal to six Desert S’ah. Ib. 77ᵃ; a. fr.—Du. סָאתַיִם. Ter. X, 8. Shebi. III, 4; a. fr.