חֹפֶן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2651

hollow of hand — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

hollow of hand tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֹ֫פֶן: hollow of hand tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] hollow of hand (NH חוֹפֶן, Aramaic חָפְנִי, חוּפְנָא, ܚܽܘܦܢܳܐ; Ethiopic ሕፍን: —also Arabic حُفْنَةٌ hollow in the ground; and, according to Zehnpfund BAS i, 635, Assyrian ḫupunnu, bowl, but ḫ = ح ?)—only du. חָפְנַיִם Ec 4:6; cstr. חָפְנֵי Ez 10:7 (del. Co intern. grounds); sf. חָפְנֶיךָ Ez 10:2; חָפְנָיו Lv 16:12 Pr 30:4; חָפְנֵיכֶם Ex 9:8; מַלֵּא ח׳ Ez 10:2 + v 7 (del. Co cf. supr.);—מְלֹא ח׳ = handful Ex 9:8 Lv 16:12 (both P), Ec 4:6, material follows in implic. acc.; מי־אסף רוח בח׳ Pr 30:4.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of [the] hollow of hands (1); of your hands (1); the hollow (1).

In the verses

Ecclesiastes 4:6 · tree →

ט֕וֹב מְלֹ֥א כַ֖ף נָ֑חַת מִמְּלֹ֥א חָפְנַ֛יִם עָמָ֖ל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃

Word for word: [is].good [the].fullness of.a.palm of.quietness more than.[the].fullness of.[the].hollow.of.hands toil and striving of.wind

JPS 1917: Better is a handful of quietness, than both the hands full of labour and striving after wind.

Exodus 9:8 · tree →

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָה֮ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן֒ קְח֤וּ לָכֶם֙ מְלֹ֣א חָפְנֵיכֶ֔ם פִּ֖יחַ כִּבְשָׁ֑ן וּזְרָק֥וֹ מֹשֶׁ֛ה הַשָּׁמַ֖יְמָה לְעֵינֵ֥י פַרְעֹֽה׃

Word for word: and he.said Yahweh to Moses and to Aaron take (for yourselves the.fullness the.hollow.of.your.hands your soot of.a.kiln and he will.sprinkle.it Moses towards the heavens to the.eyes of.Pharaoh

JPS 1917: And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron: 'Take to you handfuls of soot of the furnace, and let Moses throw it heavenward in the sight of Pharaoh.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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