Tefakh (טפח) means handbreadth in Hebrew.
It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
טֶפַח
tefakh
word
In English
handbreadth
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Tefakh.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1רוחב כף היד. מידת אורך שהיתה נהוגה בימי המקרא.
וְעָבְיוֹ טֶפַח וּשְׂפָתוֹ כְּמַעֲשֵׂה שְׂפַת כּוֹס פֶּרַח שׁוֹשָׁן אַלְפַּיִם בַּת יָכִיל.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Tefakh is a word.
- Written with vowel points
- טֶפַח
- Written without vowel points
- טפח
- Said
- tefakh
- Root
- ט־פ־ח
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- טְפַחִים
- Inflections
- ר' טְפַחִים
- Gematria
- 97
This is how Tefakh is said in other languages.
- English
- handbreadth
The word Tefakh is part of these phrases and sayings.
- טפח שוחק
- גלה טפח וכסה טפחים
- מן המסד ועד הטפחות
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Tefakh comes from the root ט־פ־ח, like these words.
These words come before and after Tefakh in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Tefakh.
What does Tefakh (טפח) mean in Hebrew?
Tefakh (טפח) means handbreadth. It is said tefakh, with the stress on te.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry טפח of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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