חוֹל

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 1 Mos 22,17 + 15 t.; construct 1 Mos 32,13 + 6 t.; — sand 2 Mos 2,12 (E); set as bound for sea Jer 5,22 ׳שְׂפֻנֵי טמוני ח 5 Mos 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 1 Mos 22,17 (J; compare 1 Mos 15,5); Jacob's 1 Mos 32,13 (E) of a host Jos 11,4 (JE), Dom 7,12; 1 Sam 13,5; 2 Sam 17,11 a people 1 Kong 4,20; Hos 2,1; Es 10,22; Es 48,19 (|| וְצֶאֱצָאֵי מֶעֶיךָ כִּמְעֹתָ֑יו), Jer 33,22; Hab 1,9 of corn gathered by Joseph 1 Mos 41,49 of days of Job Job 29,18 (on interpretation = phoenix, see Di); of birds עוף כנף (i.e. quails) Sl 78,27 (|| כֶּעָפָר); of vast extent of Solomon's wisdom 1 Kong 5,9.
\ \ b. in compare, more than the sand Jer 15,8 (widows of Judah); thoughts of God Sl 139,18.
\ \ c. of weight (in balances), metaphor of Job's vexation (כַּעַשׂ) Job 6,3 heavier than the sand, compare וְנֵטֶל הַחוֺל Ord 27,3 (|| כֹּבֶד אֶבֶן), said of כַּעַס אֱוִיל. — Combinations are: ׳כח אשׁר על שׂפת הים 1 Mos 22,17; Jos 11,4; 1 Sam 13,5; 1 Kong 5,9 הַיָּם ׳כח 1 Mos 32,13; 1 Mos 41,49; Es 10,22; Hos 2,1 (+ אשׁר לא יִמַּד ולא יִסָּפֵר); הַיָּם ׳ח Jer 33,22 שֶׁעַלשֿׂפת הים לרב ׳כח Dom 7,12 אשׁרעֿלהֿים לרב ׳כח 2 Sam 17,11; 1 Kong 4,20 (מ)חול יַמִּים Job 6,3; Sl 78,27; Jer 15,8.