8168. shoal
Strong's Lexicon
shoal: Fox

Original Word: שׁוֹעַל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: shoal
Pronunciation: sho-ahl
Phonetic Spelling: (sho'-al)
Definition: Fox
Meaning: the palm, a handful

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
hollow hand, handful
NASB Translation
handfuls (2), hollow of his hand (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[שֹׁ֫עַל] noun [masculine] hollow hand, handful; —

1 hollow hand: suffix בְּשָׁעֳלוֺ Isaiah 40:12 (figurative of ׳י holding waters).

2 handful: plural שְׁעָלִים 1 Kings 20:10 (dust, in hyperb.); construct שַׁעֲלֵי שְׂעֹרִים (as if from [שַׁ֫עַל] Kö ii. l. 35) Ezekiel 13:19 handfuls of barley.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
handful, hollow of the hand

From an unused root meaning to hollow out; the palm; by extension, a handful -- handful, hollow of the hand.

Forms and Transliterations
בְּשַׁעֲלֵ֣י בְּשָׁעֳל֜וֹ בשעלו בשעלי לִשְׁעָלִ֕ים לשעלים bə·ša·‘ă·lê bə·šā·‘o·lōw bəša‘ălê bəšā‘olōw beshaaLei beshooLo liš‘ālîm liš·‘ā·lîm lishaLim
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1 Kings 20:10
HEB: עֲפַ֣ר שֹׁמְר֔וֹן לִשְׁעָלִ֕ים לְכָל־ הָעָ֖ם
NAS: will suffice for handfuls for all
KJV: shall suffice for handfuls for all the people
INT: the dust of Samaria handfuls for all the people

Isaiah 40:12
HEB: מִֽי־ מָדַ֨ד בְּשָׁעֳל֜וֹ מַ֗יִם וְשָׁמַ֙יִם֙
NAS: the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off
KJV: the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out
INT: Who has measured the hollow the waters the heavens

Ezekiel 13:19
HEB: אֶל־ עַמִּ֗י בְּשַׁעֲלֵ֣י שְׂעֹרִים֮ וּבִפְת֣וֹתֵי
NAS: For handfuls of barley and fragments
KJV: me among my people for handfuls of barley
INT: to my people handfuls of barley pieces

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8168
3 Occurrences


bə·ša·‘ă·lê — 1 Occ.
bə·šā·‘o·lōw — 1 Occ.
liš·‘ā·lîm — 1 Occ.

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