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( æֶøֶú , zereth, according to the rabbins the little finger, Exo_28:16; Exo_39:9; 1Sa_17:4; Isa_40:12; Eze_43:13; elsewhere some form of èָôִç , taphach, to spread upon the hands; hence to extend a palm's breadth, Isa_48:13; or carry in the arms, Lam_2:20, “a span long”), a Hebrew measure of three hand breadths, or twelve finger breadths; apparently half a cubit (comp. Exo_25:10 with Josephus, Ant. 3, 6, 5). SEE METROLOGY.