- a
distinction between the
cubit of 6
handbreadths used in
ordinary measurements, and the
cubit of 5
handbreadths used in
measuring the
Golden Altar, the...
- height: four
handbreadths.
Object 2(b) (Room G,
north wall)
Harsomtus on his
barge Gold and all
precious stones, height:
three handbreadths Object 3(b)...
-
standard cubit of 6
handbreadths (טפחים),
while the
lower base of the altar, or tier, was made with a
standard cubit of 5
handbreadths. The
second altar...
- and Rome and in
medieval England,
where it was also
known as the hand,
handbreadth, or handsbreadth. The
length of the hand—originally the
Roman "greater...
- such as the
Chazon Ish,
permit motion to and fro of less than
three handbreadths,
thereby facilitating the
usage of
canvas walls which are anc****d at...
- 40:43, is
usually taken to be palm or
handbreadth, and in
modern translations may be
rendered as "
handbreadth" or "three inches". The hand is a traditional...
- railing. This was a
religious requirement for
safety in
bimah more than 10
handbreadths high, or
between 83 and 127
centimetres (2.72 and 4.17 ft). A
lower bimah...
-
Moses on the mountain.
Rabbinic sources teach that the
menorah stood 18
handbreadths/palms (three
common cubits) high, or
approximately 1.62
metres (5.3 ft)...
- loom,
rather than embroidered, and each
curtain had the
thickness of a
handbreadth (ca. 9 cm.; 3½").
Josephus records that
Pompey profaned the
Temple by...
-
although it is less than one
handbreadth when
measured in a
straight line or in diameter, its cir****ference
measures one
handbreadth), particularly, whenever...
