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# טֶפַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2947

**a span** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

a span [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2947/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

טֶ֫פַח: span, hand-breadth coping [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2947/#m2)

**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

[1 Kings 7:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.26/#tree)

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.

[2 Chronicles 4:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.4.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.4.5/#tree)

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2947.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2947/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).