חוֹל

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.