חֹפֶן
Used: 6 times · Key: 2651 · BDB: חֹ֫פֶן
Glosses
of.[the].hollow.of.hands (1); of.your.hands (1); the.hollow (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
hollow of hand tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
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)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «חֹפֶן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
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.
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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