{{italic title}} {{Short description|Unit of volume in the Bible and Jewish law}} {{Jews and Judaism sidebar}} [[File:Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Archaeology WingDSCN5021.JPG|thumb|Jars from the Second Temple period (Israel Museum)]] A '''''log''''' (Hebrew לוג or וג, Romanized ''lōḡ'') is a biblical and halakhic unit of liquid volume. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3849.htm|title=Strong's Hebrew: 3849. לֹג (log) -- a log (a liquid measure)|website=biblehub.com}}</ref> The word ''log'' occurs in the Bible, in Lev. 14:10, 15, 21 which prescribes the korban (''asham'', "guilt-offering") of a poor ''metzorah'':
:{{lang|hbo|ואם דל הוא ואין ידו משגת ולקח כבש אחד אשם לתנופה לכפר עליו ועשרון סלת אחד בלול בשמן למנחה ולג שמן}} :And if he be poor, and his means suffice not, then he shall take one he-lamb for a guilt-offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering, and a log of oil;
==Unit definition, conversion, mnemonics and supports== The Talmud, citing the gematria of an extra scriptural word ''ZeH'' "this," which equals twelve (seven plus five), explains that one hin is twelve log:
:{{Lang|he|הין תריסר לוגי הויין דכתיב (שמות ל, כד) שמן זית הין וכתיב (שמות ל, לא) שמן משחת קדש יהיה זה לי לדורותיכם זה בגימטריא תריסר הויין}}: :The Gemara elaborates: Now, one hin is twelve log, as it is written: “And of olive oil a hin” (Exodus 30:24), and it is written afterward in the same verse: “Sacred anointing oil, this [''zeh''] shall be for Me, throughout your generations.” The numerical value [gematria] of zeh is twelve.<ref name="Men89a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sefaria.org/Menachot.89a.16?lang=bi|title=Menachot 89a:16|website=www.sefaria.org}}</ref>
The Mishnah immediately preceding, which this Gemara comes to explain, states that a half-hin is six log. Thus a hin is twelve log.<ref name="Men89a"/>
A list of conversions follows: * 1 ''hin'' (הִין ''hîn'') = 12 ''logs'' * 1 ''log'' = 6 ''Beitzah'' (egg)<ref>''Mishnah - with a Commentary of Moses ben Maimon'' (ed. Yosef Qafih), vol. 3, Mossad Harav Kook: Jerusalem 1967, s.v. Introduction to Tractate ''Menahoth'', p. 67 (Hebrew); a ''log'' has the capacity of six eggs. A ''hin'' is the equivalent of 12 logs.</ref>
The log is believed to have been equal to a little over {{cvt|500|ml|USfloz}}; thus, a ''hin'' was a little over {{cvt|6|l|USgal}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/log-ancient-unit-of-measurement|title=Log | ancient unit of measurement | Britannica|website=www.britannica.com}}</ref>
==See also== * Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement
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