זרת
Hebrew
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ז־ר־ה (z-r-h) |
Etymology
editCompare Classical Syriac ܙܪܬܐ (zartå, “span; hand”). In the sense of "span", attested in the Tanakh; in the sense "pinky, little finger", attested since the Mishnaic Hebrew period.[1]
Noun
editזֶרֶת • (zéret) f (plural indefinite זְרָתוֹת or זְרָתִים)
- a pinky
- a span (unit of measurement)
- Tanach, Exodus 28:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- רָבוּעַ יִהְיֶה כָּפוּל זֶרֶת אָרְכּוֹ וְזֶרֶת רָחְבּוֹ
- Four-square it shall be and double: a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.