טֶ֫פַח
te.phachhandbreadthHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine4 occurrences3 books4 verses
Definition
from H2946; a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not 'span' of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm)
Traditional renderings: coping, hand-breadth.
Traditional renderings: coping, hand-breadth.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4 total
- 1 Kings 7:9הַטְּפָח֔וֹת · the eavesAll these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard.
- 1 Kings 7:26טֶ֔פַח · It was a handbreadthIt was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.
- 2 Chronicles 4:5טֶ֔פַח · It was a handbreadthIt was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.
- Psalm 39:5טְפָח֨וֹת׀ · [as] handbreadthsYou, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah