Lexical Definition

‎חוֹל‎ chôwl (khole) sand ^H:N-M
from ‎חוּל‎

sand.

• sand (as round or whirling particles)

1) sand

See Greek: ἄμμος · βέβηλος · παράλιος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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.

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