Strong's Hebrew #8168 - שֹׁעַל shoal (hollow hand)

handful, hollow of the hand

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

1) hollow hand, hollow of hand, handful
1a) hollow hand, hollow of hand
1b) handful
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root meaning to hollow out
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2432a

[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 Hebrew: 8168. שֹׁ֫עַל (shoal) — 3 Occurrences

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