זֶרֶת

זֶ֫רֶת noun feminine span (Late Hebrew id. (ᵑ7 זַרְתָּא, Syriac ; apparently from Hebrew), etymology dubious; Thes and most derive from √ זרה, see Ol^{§ 146 b} but also Sta^{§ 187 a}; Ba^{ZMG 1887, 607} proposes √ זרה measure off, determine, compare p. 280) — span, as standard of measurement, תִּכֵּן ׳שָׁמַיִם בַּז Es 40,12 elsewhere of actual size, a span, distance between ends of thumb and little finger of spread hand; = 1/2 cubit (see אַמָּה & references; compare 2 Mos 25,10 with Joseph^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 3:6»iii. 6}, 5), ׳ז 2 Mos 28,16 (twice in verse); 2 Mos 39,9 (twice in verse) (all P) Ezk 43,13 זָ֑רֶת 1 Sam 17,4 six cubits and a span. See Hultsch^{Metrol. 1882, 443} Benz^{Archäol. 179}.