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a representative in the A. Vers. of several Heb. terms and phrases; prop. îְìֵà ëִ , the fill of the hand (1Ki_17:12), or îַìֵּà ëִ , to fill the hand (“take a handful,” Lev_9:17); also ÷ֹîֶåֹ , a fist-full (Lev_2:2; Lev_5:12; Lev_6:15; but sheaf in Gen_41:47), or ÷ָîִåֹ , to press, sc. the fist full (“take a handful,” Num_5:26); and ùֹׁòִì ,. the hollow palm itself (Isa_40:12), hence its fill (1Ki_20:10; Eze_13:19); less prop. çָáְðִéַí (Exo_9:8), the two fists (as rendered. Pro_30:4; elsewhere “hands”) improp. öָîַéã . (Jer_9:22), and öֶáֶú (Rth_2:16), which denotes a sheaf (as the former is elsewhere rendered), the one as standing uncut, and the other as cut and housed; falsely ôַּñָּä abundance (Psa_72:16).