Tephach
Tephach , the breadth of a hand, also Tohpah , was a Hebrew measure of length.
- 1 Tephach = 4 Ezbah = 8.25 centimeters
- 1 Ammah ( cubit ) = 2 zereth / sereth ( span ) = 6 tephach = 24 ezbah (finger width) = 49.5 centimeters
literature
- Peter Kurzwell: The Vieweg unit lexicon. Friedrich Vieweg and Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-528-06987-2 , p. 229.
- Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights: a lexicon . Licensed edition of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 94 .