STRONGS NUMBER H2239


Word Summary
zereth: a span
Original Word: זֶרֶת
Transliteration: zereth
Phonetic Spelling: (zeh'-reth)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a span
Meaning: the spread of the fingers, a span
Strong's Concordance
span

From zarah; the spread of the fingers, i.e. A span -- span.

see HEBREW zarah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2239. zereth

זֶ֫רֶתnoun feminine span (Late Hebrew id. (זַרְתָּא ᵑ7‎, Syriac ; apparently from Hebrew), etymology dubious; Thes and most derive from √ זרה‎, see Ol§ 146 b but also Sta§ 187 a; BaZMG 1887, 607 proposes √ זרהmeasure off, determine, compare p. 280) — span, as standard of measurement, בַּז ׳שָׁמַיִם תִּכֵּןIsaiah 40:12; elsewhere of actual size, a span, distance between ends of thumb and little finger of spread hand; = 1/2 cubit (see אַמָּה‎ & references; compare Exodus 25:10 with JosephAnt. iii. 6, 5), ׳ז28:16 (twice in verse); 39:9 (twice in verse) (all P) Ezekiel 43:13; זָ֑רֶת1 Samuel 17:4 six cubits and a span. See HultschMetrol. 1882, 443 BenzArchäol. 179.