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(זֶרֶת, zereth, according to the rabbins the little finger, Exodus 28:16; Exodus 39:9; 1 Samuel 17:4; Isaiah 40:12; Ezekiel 43:13; elsewhere some form of טָפִח, taphach, to spread upon the hands; hence to extend a palm's breadth, Isaiah 48:13; or carry in the arms, Lamentations 2:20, "a span long"), a Hebrew measure of three hand breadths, or twelve finger breadths; apparently half a cubit (comp. Exodus 25:10 with Josephus, Ant. 3, 6, 5). (See METROLOGY).