טֶפַח
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2947
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
a span tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
טֶ֫פַח: span, hand-breadth coping tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.[m.] 1. a span, hand-breadth; 2. coping (?);— a span, hand-breadth, טֶ֫פַח 1 K 7:26 = 2 Ch 4:5 of thickness of the molten sea; pl. טְפָחוֹת ψ 39:6 (a few) hand-breadths are my days. architectural term, perhaps coping, וּמִמַּסַּד עַד־הַטְּפָחוֹת (K 3 וּמִמַּסָּד) 1 K 7:9.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [was] a hand breadth (2).
In the verses
וְעָבְי֣וֹ טֶ֔פַח וּשְׂפָת֛וֹ כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה שְׂפַת־כּ֖וֹס פֶּ֣רַח שׁוֹשָׁ֑ן אַלְפַּ֥יִם בַּ֖ת יָכִֽיל׃פ
Word for word: and thickness its [was].a.hand.breadth and lip its [was].like.[the] work of.[the].lip of.a.cup [the].blossom of.a.lily two.thousand bath[s] it.contained
JPS 1917: And it was a hand-breadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held two thousand baths.
וְעָבְי֣וֹ טֶ֔פַח וּשְׂפָתוֹ֙ כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה שְׂפַת־כּ֔וֹס פֶּ֖רַח שֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑ה מַחֲזִ֣יק בַּתִּ֔ים שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים יָכִֽיל׃ס
Word for word: and thickness its [was].a.hand.breadth and lip its [was].like.[the] work of.[the].lip of.a.cup [the].blossom of.a.lily [it.was].holding baths three thousand(s) it.contained
JPS 1917: And it was a handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.
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