זֶרֶת
Used: 7 times · Key: 2239 · BDB: זֶ֫רֶת
Glosses
a.span (3); [will.be].a.span (2); [was].a.span (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
span tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. span tree →
The whole BDB entry
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.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «זֶרֶת» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
רָב֥וּעַ יִֽהְיֶ֖ה כָּפ֑וּל זֶ֥רֶת אָרְכּ֖וֹ וְזֶ֥רֶת רָחְבּֽוֹ׃
Word for word: square it.will.be folded.double [will.be].a.span length its and [will.be].a.span breadth its
JPS 1917: Four-square it shall be and double: a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.
רָב֧וּעַ הָיָ֛ה כָּפ֖וּל עָשׂ֣וּ אֶת־הַחֹ֑שֶׁן זֶ֧רֶת אָרְכּ֛וֹ וְזֶ֥רֶת רָחְבּ֖וֹ כָּפֽוּל׃
Word for word: square it.was folded.double they.made (et) the breastpiece [was].a.span length its and.[was] a.span breadth its folded.double
JPS 1917: It was four-square; they made the breastplate double; a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.
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