1) span, width of the hand, hand breadth 1a) a unit of measurement, measurement of length 2) coping (an architectural term)
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H2947 — טֶ֫פַח
te.phach · handbreadth · Hebrew/Aramaic
4 tagged verse occurrences
1 Kings 7:9 · הַטְּפָח֔וֹתAll these [were of] costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and [so] on the outside toward the great court.1 Kings 7:26 · טֶ֔פַחAnd it [was] an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.2 Chronicles 4:5 · טֶ֔פַחAnd the thickness of it [was] an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; [and] it received and held three thousand baths.Psalm 39:5 · טְפָח֨וֹת׀Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.