Word Study · Strong's H2239 · Hebrew
זֶרֶת
zereth
zeh'-reth
“the spread of the fingers, i.e. a span”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the spread of the fingers, i.e. a span
Rendered in the KJV as
span.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- וְזֶ֥רֶת2
- בַּזֶּ֣רֶת1
- וָזָֽרֶת׃1
- זֶ֥רֶת1
- זֶ֧רֶת1
- זֶ֣רֶת1
How it is rendered · 7
- [was] a span1
- [will be] a span1
- a span1
- and [was] a span1
- and [will be] a span1
- and a span1
- with the span1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular3
- noun · feminine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncfsa · 3
- HNcfsa · 2
- HNcfsc · 1
- HRd/Ncfsa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus4 occurrences
- Exodus 28:16זֶ֥רֶתzeretnoun · feminine singularIt must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.here: [will be] a span
- Exodus 28:16וְזֶ֥רֶתvezeretconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularIt must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.here: and [will be] a span
- Exodus 39:9זֶ֧רֶתzeretnoun · feminine singularIt was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.here: [was] a span
- Exodus 39:9וְזֶ֥רֶתvezeretconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularIt was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.here: and [was] a span