Word Study · Strong's H8168 · Hebrew

שֹׁעַל

shoal

sho'-al

Strong's 1890 spelling: shôʻal

“the palm”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

the palm; by extension, a handful

Rendered in the KJV as

handful, hollow of the hand.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

בְּשָׁעֳל֜וֹ1
בְּשַׁעֲלֵ֣י1
לִשְׁעָלִ֕ים1

How it is rendered · 3

for handfuls1
for handfuls of1
in [the] hollow of hand his1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 3

preposition + noun · masculine plural1
preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HR/Ncmpa · 1
HR/Ncmpc · 1
HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 1

All 3, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Kings1 of 3 · 33%
Isaiah1 of 3 · 33%
Ezekiel1 of 3 · 33%

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1 Kings1 occurrence

1 Kings 20:10לִשְׁעָלִ֕יםlishalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluralThen Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”here: for handfuls

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 40:12בְּשָׁעֳל֜וֹbeshoolopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWho has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?here: in [the] hollow of hand his

Ezekiel1 occurrence

Ezekiel 13:19בְּשַׁעֲלֵ֣יbeshaaleipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.here: for handfuls of

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