טֵפַח
tefach · handbreadth; coping
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2947 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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tefach (טֵפַח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “handbreadth; coping”.
Handbreadth: the width of the hand, about 7.5 centimeters. In architecture (1 Kings 7:9), a piece at the top of a wall, perhaps the coping.
How to say it
te·fach
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
In today's measures
about 3 in (7.5 cm) approximate
The width of the hand, four fingers; a sixth of a cubit.
Its senses in the Bible
- The width of a hand.
- The top course of a wall.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- was a handbreadth ×2
- as handbreadths ×1
- copings ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Kings 7:9
All these were of costly stones, by the measures of hewn stone, sawn with the saw inside and outside, from the foundation to the copings, and from outside to the great court.
- 1 Kings 7:26
And its thickness was a handbreadth, and its rim like the work of the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it held two thousand baths.
- 2 Chronicles 4:5
Its thickness was a handbreadth, and its rim was like the work of the rim of a cup, a lily flower; it took in and held three thousand baths.
- Psalms 39:5
Look, as handbreadths you have made my days, and my lifetime is as nothing before you; only a vapor is every human being standing firm. Selah.