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title: טֹפַח — span · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טֹפַח (2948), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: span. BDB 1906: n.m. span, hand-breadth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טֹפַח

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«טֹפַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 5 times · **Key:** 2948 · **BDB:** טֹ֫פַח

### Glosses

a.hand.breadth (4); of.a.hand.breadth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

span [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2948/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. span, hand-breadth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2948/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 40:43 span, hand-breadth—always abs. טֹפַח Ex 25:25; 37:12 (both P), width of border of table in tabernacle; Ez 40:5; 43:13 addit. to common cubit; Ez 40:43 width of border (ledge) of four tables in new temple (Sm Co).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 «טֹפַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2948/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 25:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.25.25/)

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וְעָשִׂ֨יתָ לּ֥וֹ מִסְגֶּ֛רֶת טֹ֖פַח סָבִ֑יב וְעָשִׂ֧יתָ זֵר־זָהָ֛ב לְמִסְגַּרְתּ֖וֹ סָבִֽיב׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make for it a.rim a.hand.breadth all.around and you.will.make a.molding of.gold for rim its all.around

*JPS 1917:* 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.

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[Exodus 37:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.37.12/)

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וַיַּ֨עַשׂ ל֥וֹ מִסְגֶּ֛רֶת טֹ֖פַח סָבִ֑יב וַיַּ֧עַשׂ זֵר־זָהָ֛ב לְמִסְגַּרְתּ֖וֹ סָבִֽיב׃

*Word for word:* and he.made for it a.rim of.a.hand.breadth all.around and he.made a.molding of.gold for rim its all.around

*JPS 1917:* And he made unto it a border of a hand-breadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border thereof round about.

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