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# חוֹל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2344

**sand** — used 23 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

sand [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2344/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חוֹל: n.m. sand [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2344/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ho 2:1 sand (perhaps as turning or whirling; otherwise explained by Sta, vid. sub חֲוִילָה; NH id., Aramaic חָלָא, ܚܳܠܴܐ )—ח׳ abs. Gn 22:17 + 15 times; cstr. Gn 32:13 + 6times;—sand Ex 2:12 (E); set as bound for sea Je 5:22; שְׂפֻנֵי טמוני ח׳ Dt 33:19 hidden treasures of sand, poet. for glass (regarded as mysteriously produced out of sand, v. Di and reff.); usually sand of seashore, sim. of numberlessness, vastness, so of Abraham’s seed Gn 22:17 (J; cf. 15:5); Jacob’s 32:13 (E); of a host Jos 11:4 (JE), Ju 7:12 1 S 13:5 2 S 17:11; a people 1 K 4:20 Ho 2:1 Is 10:22; 48:19 (‖ וְצֶאֱצָאֵי מֵעֶיךָ בִּמְעֹתָ֑יו), Je 33:22 Hb 1:9; of corn gathered by Joseph Gn 41:49; of days of Job Jb 29:18 (on interpr. = phœnix, vid. Di); of birds עוף כנף (i.e. quails) ψ 78:27 (‖ כֶּעָפָר); of vast extent of Sol.’s wisdom 1 K 5:9. in comp., more than the sand Je 15:8 (widows of Judah); thoughts of God ψ 139:18. of weight (in balances), metaph. of Job’s vexation (כַּעַשׂ) Jb 6:3 heavier than the sand, cf. וְנֵטֶל הַחוֹל Pr 27:3 (‖ כֹּבֶד אֶבֶן), said of כַּעַס אֱוִיל.—Combinations are: כח׳ אשׁר על שׂפת הים Gn 22:17 Jos 11:4 1 S 13:5 1 K 5:9; כח׳ הַיָּם Gn 32:13; 41:49 Is 10:22 Ho 2:1 (+ אשׁר לא יִמַּד ולא יִסָּפֵר); ח׳ הַיָּם Je 33:22; כח׳ שֶׁעַל־שׂפת הים לרב Ju 7:12; כח׳ אשׁר־על־הים לרב 2 S 17:11 1 K 4:20; (ם)חול יַמִּים Jb 6:3 ψ 78:27 Je 15:8.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (13 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: sand (13); the sand (5); than \[the\] sand (2).

## In the verses

[Job 6:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.3/#tree)

כִּֽי־עַתָּ֗ה מֵח֣וֹל יַמִּ֣ים יִכְבָּ֑ד עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן דְּבָרַ֥י לָֽעוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) now more than.\[the\].sand of.\[the\].seas it.will.be.heavy therefore words my they.have.been.rash

*JPS 1917:* For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken.

[Job 29:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.29.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.29.18/#tree)

וָ֭אֹמַר עִם־קִנִּ֣י אֶגְוָ֑ע וְ֝כַח֗וֹל אַרְבֶּ֥ה יָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and I.said with nest my I.will.expire and like (the) sand I.will.increase days

*JPS 1917:* Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2344.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2344/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).