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And it was an hand breadth
tephach (tay'-fakh)
a spread of the hand, i.e. a palm-breadth (not span of the fingers); architecturally, a corbel (as a supporting palm) -- coping, hand-breadth.
thick
`abiy (ab-ee')
density, i.e. depth or width -- thick(-ness).
and the brim
saphah (saw-faw')
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
thereof was wrought
ma`aseh (mah-as-eh')
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
like the brim
saphah (saw-faw')
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
of a cup
kowc (koce)
a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye) -- cup, (small) owl.
with flowers
perach (peh'-rakh)
a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom -- blossom, bud, flower.
of lilies
shuwshan (shoo-shan')
a lily (from its whiteness), as a flower of arch. ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape): lily, Shoshannim.
it contained
kuwl (kool)
to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain
two thousand
'eleph (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
baths
bath (bath)
a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids -- bath. |
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