חופן

From the root ח־פ־ן (kh-p-n).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χo.fen/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħoː.fɛn/

חוֹפֶן / חֹפֶן • (khófen, ħōp̄en) m

1. handful, fistful
   • Tanach, Exodus 9:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהֹוָה֮ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן֒ קְח֤וּ לָכֶם֙ מְלֹ֣א חׇפְנֵיכֶ֔ם פִּ֖יחַ כִּבְשָׁ֑ן וּזְרָק֥וֹ מֹשֶׁ֛ה הַשָּׁמַ֖יְמָה לְעֵינֵ֥י פַרְעֹֽה

     va'yomér Adonái el Móshe v'él Aharón k'khú lakhém m'ló khofnékhem pi'ákh kivshán u'zrakó Móshe hashamáy'ma l'ené far'ó.

     Then יהוה said to Moses and Aaron, “Each of you take handfuls of soot from the kiln, and let Moses throw it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.

• H2651 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible