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title: טֶפַח — a span · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טֶפַח (2947), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: a span. BDB 1906: span, hand-breadth coping. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טֶפַח

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«טֶפַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a span** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 2947 · **BDB:** טֶ֫פַח

### Glosses

\[was\].a.hand.breadth (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טֶפַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2947/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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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