2 Chronicles 4:5:22 Chr.4.5.W2TAB
טֶ֔פַח
tefakh
“a handbreadth”
- Transliteration
- TE-fakh
- Extended
- TEH-fahkh
- IPA
- /ˈtɛ.faħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a handbreadth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
TE-fakh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ov-YO TE-fakh
- clause
ve-ov-YO TE-fakh u-se-fa-TO ke-ma-a-SE se-FAT-KOS PE-rakh sho-shan-NA
- sentence
ve-ov-YO TE-fakh u-se-fa-TO ke-ma-a-SE se-FAT-KOS PE-rakh sho-shan-NA ma-kha-ZIK ba-TIM she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ya-KHIL
Exegesis
The following tefach {טֶ֔פַח | ṭe-p̄aḥ} serves as an absolute noun indicating precise measure.
Root and etymology
t-p-ḥ
“spread, span”
In context — 2 Chronicles 4:5
Its thickness was a handbreadth , and its rim was like the work of a cup’s rim, like a lily flower. It could hold three thousand baths .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 4:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 4:5, so the Hebrew word טֶ֔פַח (tefakh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.4.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.4.5.W2.S1) and character.