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, even of cut stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.1 Kings 7:26 · טֶ֔פַחIt was a handbreadth thick: and its brim was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.2 Chronicles 4:5 · טֶ֔פַחIt was a handbreadth thick; and its brim was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.Psalm 39:5 · טְפָח֨וֹת׀Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.