Hand-breadth
Hand-breadth
(Heb. , te’phach, or , to’phacch), the palm, used as a measure of four fingers, equal to about four inches (Exo 25:25; Exo 37:12; 1Ki 7:26; 2Ch 4:5; Eze 40:5; Eze 40:43; Jer 52:21). In Psa 39:5, the expression Thou hast made my days palm- breadths, signifies very short.