חוֹל (ḥôl) is a Hebrew noun meaning sand. It appears 23 times in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2344).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 623a)

Root family 623: חוּל ḥûl — I, travail, be in anguish, be pained, dance, whirl, writhe, fear, tremble. (RSV “rage”; otherwise, RSV and ASV adopt same range of meanings, though individual verses may be interpreted differently)

• חֵל ḥēl — rampart
• מְחוֹלָה mĕḥôlâ — dancing
• חִיל ḥîlâ — a writhing
• מָחוֹל māḥôl — dance
• חַלְחָלָה ḥalḥālâ — anguish
• חֵילָה ḥêlâ — rampart

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