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Strong's #2947 - טֶפַח
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- span, width of the hand, hand breadth
- a unit of measurement, measurement of length
- coping (an architectural term)
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2238) hpu (תהפהה ThPHh) AC: Span CO: Span AB: ?: The span of the fingers as spread out and used as a measure. [from: hp]
V) hpu (תהפהה ThPHh) - I. Span:To spread out as the fingers of the hand. II. R KJV (2): (vf: Piel) span, swaddle - Strongs: H2946 (טָפַח)
Nm ) hpu (תהפהה ThPHh) - Span: A length of measure, the span of the fingers of the hand. KJV (4): breath, coping - Strongs: H2947 (טֶפַח)
gm) hpfu (תהופהה ThWPHh) - Span: A length of measure, the span of the fingers of the hand. KJV (5): breadth, broad - Strongs: H2948 (טֹפַח)
hf2) thpum (מתהפההת MThPHhT) - Cloak: As a garment that spreads out. KJV (2): vail - Strongs: H4304 (מִטְפַּחַת)
ecm) hfpiu (תהיפוהה ThYPWHh) - Rearing: The bringing up and rearing of children. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (1): breadth, broad - Strongs: H2949 (טִפֻּחִים)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 a span, hand-breadth;
2 coping (?); —
1 a span, hand-breadth, טֶ֫פַח 1 Kings 7:26 2 Chronicles 4:5 of thickness of the molten sea; plural טְפָחוֺת Psalm 39:6 (a few) hand-breadths are my days.
2 architectural term, perh. coping, וּמִמַּסַּד עַדהַֿטְּפָחוֺת 1 Kings 7:9.
טֶפַח m.
(1) properly, the open hand, the palm, in all its occurrences used as the measure of four fingers [a hand-breadth], 1 Kings 7:26; 2 Chronicles 4:5 comp. Jeremiah 52:21. Psalms 39:6, הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת נָחַתָּה יָמַי “behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths,” i.e. very short.
(2) in architecture, mutuli; i.e. projecting stones, on the tops of which beams rest (Kragfteine), 1 Kings 7:9. LXX. τὰ γείσεα.
