From chuwl; sand (as round or whirling particles) -- sand.
see HEBREW chuwl
H2344. chol
חוֺל noun masculineHosea 2:1 sand (perhaps as turning or whirling; otherwise explained by Sta, see below חֲוִילָה; Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חָלָא, ) — ׳ח absolute Genesis 22:17 15t.; construct 32:13 6t.; — sand Exodus 2:12 (E); set as bound for sea Jeremiah 5:22; ח טמוני ׳שְׂפֻנֵי Deuteronomy 33:19 hidden treasures of sand, poetic for glass (regarded as mysteriously produced out of sand, see Di and references);
a. usually sand of seashore, simile of numberlessness, vastness, so of Abraham's seed Genesis 22:17 (J; compare 15:5); Jacob's 32:13 (E) of a host Joshua 11:4 (JE), Judges 7:12; 1 Samuel 13:5; 2 Samuel 17:11; a people 1 Kings 4:20; Hosea 2:1; Isaiah 10:22; 48:19 ("" כִּמְעֹתָ֑יו מֶעֶיךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֵי), Jeremiah 33:22; Habakkuk 1:9; of corn gathered by Joseph Genesis 41:49; of days of Job Job 29:18 (on interpretation = phoenix, see Di); of birds כנף עוף (i.e. quails) Psalm 78:27 ("" כֶּעָפָר); of vast extent of Solomon's wisdom 1 Kings 5:9.
b. in compare, more than the sand Jeremiah 15:8 (widows of Judah); thoughts of God Psalm 139:18.
c. of weight (in balances), metaphor of Job's vexation (כַּעַשׂ) Job 6:3 heavier than the sand, compare הַחוֺל וְנֵטֶל Proverbs 27:3 ("" אֶבֶן כֹּבֶד), said of אֱוִיל כַּעַס. — Combinations are: הים שׂפת על אשׁר ׳כח Genesis 22:17; Joshua 11:4; 1 Samuel 13:5; 1 Kings 5:9; ׳כח הַיָּם Genesis 32:13; 41:49; Isaiah 10:22; Hosea 2:1 (+ יִסָּפֵר ולא יִמַּד לא אשׁר); ׳ח הַיָּם Jeremiah 33:22; ׳כח לרב הים שֶׁעַלשֿׂפת Judges 7:12; ׳כח לרב אשׁרעֿלהֿים 2 Samuel 17:11; 1 Kings 4:20; יַמִּים (מ)חול Job 6:3; Psalm 78:27; Jeremiah 15:8.