Span Measurement Unit

† זֶ֫רֶת n.f. span (NH id. (𝔗 זַרְתָּא, Syriac ܙܰܪܬܳܐ; appar. from Heb.), etym. dub.; Thes and most der. from √ זרה, vid. Ol§ 146 b but also Sta§ 187 a; Ba ZMG 1887, 607 proposes √ זרה measure off, determine, cf. p. 280)—span, as standard of measurement, שָׁמַיִם בַּז׳ תִּכֵּן Is 40:12; elsewhere of actual size, a span, distance between ends of thumb and little finger of spread hand; = ½ cubit (v. אַמָּה & reff.; cf. Ex 25:10 with JosephAnt. iii. 6, 5), ז׳ Ex 28:16(×2); 39:9(×2) (all P) Ez 43:13; זָ֑רֶת 1 S 17:4 six cubits and a span. Vid. Hultsch Metrol. 1882, 443 BenzArchäol 179.

† טֹ֫פַח 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).

† טֶ֫פַח n.[m.] 1. a span, hand-breadth; 2. coping (?);— 1. 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. 2. architectural term, perhaps coping, וּמִמַּסַּד עַד־הַטְּפָחוֹת (K 3 וּמִמַּסָּד) 1 K 7:9.