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חוֺל noun masculine Hos 2:1 sand (perhaps as turning or whirling; otherwise explained by Sta, see below חֲוִילָה; Late Hebrew id. , Aramaic חָלָא, [untranscribed source text 1667]) — ׳ ח absolute Gen 22:17 + 15 t.; construct Gen 32:13 + 6 t.; — sand Exod 2:12 ( E ); set as bound for sea Jer 5:22 ׳ שְׂפֻנֵי טמוני ח Deut 33:19 hidden treasures of sand, poetic for glass (regarded as mysteriously produced out of sand, see Di and references);
a.
usually sand of seashore, simile of numberlessness, vastness, so of Abraham's seed Gen 22:17 (
J
; compare Gen
15:5); Jacob's Gen 32:13 (
E
) of a host Josh
11:4 (
J
E
), Judg 7:12
; 1Sam 13:5;
2Sam 17:11 a
people 1Kgs 4:20;
Hos 2:1; Isa 10:22; Isa 48:19 (||
וְצֶאֱצָאֵי מֶעֶיךָ כִּמְעֹתָ֑יו), Jer 33:22; Hab 1:9 of corn gathered by Joseph Gen 41:49 of days of Job Job 29:18 (on interpretation =
phoenix, see Di); of birds עוף כנף
(i.e. quails) Ps
78:27 (|| כֶּעָפָר); of vast extent of Solomon's wisdom 1Kgs 5:9.
b. in
compare, more than the sand
Jer 15:8 (widows
of Judah); thoughts of God Ps 139:18.
c. of weight (in balances), metaphor of Job's
vexation (כַּעַשׂ) Job 6:3
heavier than the sand, compare וְנֵטֶל הַחוֺל
Prov 27:3 (||
כֹּבֶד
אֶבֶן), said of כַּעַס אֱוִיל. — Combinations are: ׳
כח
אשׁר על שׂפת הים
Gen 22:17; Josh 11:4; 1Sam 13:5; 1Kgs 5:9
הַיָּם
׳
כח
Gen 32:13; Gen 41:49; Isa 10:22; Hos 2:1 (+ אשׁר
לא יִמַּד
ולא יִסָּפֵר); הַיָּם
׳
ח
Jer 33:22
שֶׁעַלשֿׂפת הים לרב
׳
כח
Judg 7:12
אשׁרעֿלהֿים לרב
׳
כח
2Sam 17:11;
1Kgs 4:20
(מ)חול יַמִּים
Job 6:3; Ps 78:27; Jer 15:8.