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H8168

שֹׁ֫עַל

sho.alH:N-M

handful

1) hollow hand, hollow of hand, handful 1a) hollow hand, hollow of hand 1b) handful

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[שֹׁ֫עַל] noun [masculine] hollow hand, handful; —

1. hollow hand: suffix בְּשָׁעֳלוֺ Isa 40:12 (figurative of ׳י holding waters).
2. handful: plural שְׁעָלִים 1Kgs 20:10 (dust, in hyperb.); construct שַׁעֲלֵי שְׂעֹרִים (as if from [שַׁ֫עַל] Kö ii. l. 35) Ezek 13:19 handfuls of barley.

3 occurrences

I Kings (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (1)