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# handbreadth

«handbreadth» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A short measure of length, the width of a hand across the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A short measure of length, the width of a hand across the palm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/handbreadth/#m1)

### examples

- And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. (Torah EXO.25.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/handbreadth/#x1)
- And the slabs, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about; and upon the tables was to be the flesh of the offering. (Prophets EZK.40.43, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/handbreadth/#x2)
- 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. (Writings 2CH.4.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/handbreadth/#x3)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «handbreadth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/handbreadth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.