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H2947 טֵפַח (ṭêphach) tay'-fakh
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 2946; a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm- breadth (not "span" of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)

KJV Usage: coping, hand-breadth

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

טֶ֫פַח (te.phach) — handbreadth. 1) span, width of the hand, hand breadth 1a) a unit of measurement, measurement of length 2) coping (an architectural term)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · טפח

Dimension

handbreadth, width of a palm = width of the palm of the hand, of the four fingers, unspread; equals about 8 centimetres or 3 inches; ≈ associated with relative shortness

1KI 7:26 · 2CH 4:5

Timothy L. Wilt; Enio R. Mueller

noun f · טפח

Dimension

handbreadth, width of a palm = width of the palm of the hand, of the four fingers, unspread; equals about 8 centimetres or 3 inches; ≈ associated with relative shortness

PSA 39:6

noun f · טפח

Buildings

coping = top part of a building (specific nature uncertain); ≈ perhaps a layer or a structure a handbreadth in thickness or width

1KI 7:9

Timothy L. Wilt

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

טֶ֫פַח n.[m.] 1. a span, hand-breadth; 2. coping (?) base

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