שֹׁעַל
Used: 3 times · Key: 8168 · BDB: שֹׁ֫עַל
Glosses
handfuls (2); the.hollow (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
hollow hand tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
hollow hand, handful tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.[m.] hollow hand, handful;— hollow hand: sf. בְּשָׁעֳלוֹ Is 40:12 (fig. of י׳ holding waters). handful: pl. שְׁעָלִים 1 K 20:10 (dust, in hyperb.); cstr. שַׁעֲלֵי שְׂעֹרִים (as if from [שַׁ֫עַל] Kö ii. 1. 35) Ez 13:19 handfuls of barley.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «שֹׁעַל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
מִֽי־מָדַ֨ד בְּשָׁעֳל֜וֹ מַ֗יִם וְשָׁמַ֙יִם֙ בַּזֶּ֣רֶת תִּכֵּ֔ן וְכָ֥ל בַּשָּׁלִ֖שׁ עֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֑רֶץ וְשָׁקַ֤ל בַּפֶּ֙לֶס֙ הָרִ֔ים וּגְבָע֖וֹת בְּמֹאזְנָֽיִם׃
Word for word: who? has.he.measured in the.hollow of.his.hand [the].waters and.[the] heavens with (the) span has.he.marked.off? and has.he.contained? in.(the) third of.a.measure the.dust of the.earth and has.he.weighed? with (the) scale[s] mountains and hills with balances
JPS 1917: Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח אֵלָיו֙ בֶּנ־הֲדַ֔דבֶּנ־הֲדַ֔ד וַיֹּ֕אמֶר כֹּֽה־יַעֲשׂ֥וּן לִ֛י אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֑פוּ אִם־יִשְׂפֹּק֙ עֲפַ֣ר שֹׁמְר֔וֹן לִשְׁעָלִ֕ים לְכָל־הָעָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּרַגְלָֽי׃
Word for word: and he.sent to him Ben Hadad and he.said thus may they.do to me [the].gods and thus may.they.add if it.will.suffice the.dust of.Samaria for handfuls for all the people which [is].at feet my
JPS 1917: And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said: 'The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.'
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