Jastrow: טֶפַח

טֶפַח m. (b. h.; v. טָפַח I) hand-breadth, breadth of four fingers joined. Succ. 4ᵇ, a. fr. ארון תשעה וכפרת ט׳ the Ark was nine handbreadths high, and the lid one. Ib. 7ᵃ ט׳ שוחק a liberal hand-breadth (four fingers not closely joined). v. אַמָּה.—Yoma 55ᵃ top טִיפְחָהּ של כפורת Ar. a. Ms. M. 2 a. Ms. O. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9, ed. עוביה) the hand-breadth, i.e. the hight, of the lid, v. supra.; a. v. fr.—Pl. טְפָחִים, Du. טְפָחַיִים. Taan. 25ᵇ; a. v. fr. [טְפָחִין, or טִפְחִין, v. טְפִיחַ II.]