--- title: חוֹל — sand · The Tanakh dictionary description: חוֹל (2344), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: sand. BDB 1906: n.m. sand. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2344.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495.md)‎ / חוֹל‎ # חוֹל «חוֹל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sand** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 23 times · **Key:** 2344 · **BDB:** חוֹל ### Glosses sand (13); the.sand (5); than.\[the\].sand (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) sand [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2344/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. sand [tree →](https://md.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) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «חוֹל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2344/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 6:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.3/) 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.29.18/) 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; - ← previous: [חוּל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2343.md) - next →: [חוּל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5d5_5bc_5dc.md) - ↑ back to [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495.md)