Zereth

ZERETH, an Hebrew Measure of Length, which was half a Cubit, or 1022⁄89 Inches. St. Jerome translates it by Palmus, 1 Sam. xvii. 4. The High-Priest’s Breast-plate was a Zereth,¹ or half a Cubit square, Exod. xxviii. 16. and xxxix. 9. Isaiah seems to say, that in respect of God the Heavens are but a Zereth in length; Et Cœlos palmo ponderavit: The Hebrew says, in Zereth direxit, Isai. xl. 12. But in this Passage Zereth rather stands for the Hand extended.

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