Thematic Bible: A hand-breadth
Thematic Bible
natural Life » Is compared to » A hand-breadth
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
Measure » A hand-breadth
“And these are the measurements of the altar [of burnt offering] in cubits (the cubit being a [long] cubit [the length of a forearm] and a hand width): the base shall be a cubit [long] and a cubit wide, with its border on its edge all around it of a span [in width]. And this shall be the height of the base of the altar.
Verse Concepts
It was a hand width thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.
Verse Concepts
And behold, there was a wall all around the outside [area] of the temple (house) [of the Lord], and in the man’s hand a measuring rod six cubits long (10.2 ft.), each cubit being longer than the standard one by a hand width. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.
Verse Concepts
It was a handbreadth (the width of the four fingers) thick; its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold 3,000 baths (measures).
Verse Concepts
You shall make a rim of a hand width around it; you shall make a gold border for the rim around it.
Verse Concepts
“Behold, You have made my days as [short as] hand widths,
And my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight.
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]!
The double hooks, one hand width in length were installed in the house all around. The meat of the offering was [to be placed] on the tables.
Verse Concepts
He made a rim for it [just under the top] a hand width wide all around, and a border of gold around its rim.
Verse Concepts