חוֺל noun masculine[Hos 2:1] sand (perhaps as turning or whirling; otherwise explained by Sta, see below חֲוִילָה; Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חָלָא, ) — ׳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] (JE), [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].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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