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- (1) in the simple sense of a gathering or pile, as the translation of `aremah, a "heap," in Ruth 3:7 of grain; Nehemiah 4:2 of stones; in 2 Chronicles 31:6, etc., of the tithes, etc.; of chomer (boiling up), a "heap"; in Exodus 8:14 of frogs; of gal, a "heap"; in Job 8:17 of stones.
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(1) in the simple sense of a gathering or pile, as the translation of `aremah, a "heap," in Ruth 3:7 of grain; Nehemiah 4:2 of stones; in 2 Chronicles 31:6, etc., of the tithes, etc.; of chomer (boiling up), a "heap"; in Exodus 8:14 of frogs; of gal, a "heap"; in Job 8:17 of stones.
HEAP, noun. 1. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body so as to form an elevation; as a heap of earth or stones. Huge heaps of slain around the body rise. 2. A crowd; a throng; a cluster; applied to living persons. [Inelegant and not in use.] 3. A mass of ruins. Thou hast made of a city a heap Isaiah 25:2. HEAP, verb transitive. 1.
"To heap" represents various single words: chathah, "to take," "to take hold of," with one exception, applied to fire or burning coals (Pr 25:22, "Thou writ heap coals of fire upon his head," "Thou wilt take coals of fire (and heap them) on his head"); caphah, "to add" (De 32:23); tsabhar, "to heap up" (Hab 1:10); kabhats, "to press together ...
The Hebrew phrase גִּל אֲבָנַים גָּרֹל gal abanim' gadol', rendered "a great heap of stones," refers to the heaps or tumuli which were raised over those whose death was either infamous or attended with some very remarkable circumstances. Such was the monument raised over the grave of Achan (Jos 7:26); and over that of the king ...
To heap represents various single words: hathah, to take, to take hold of, with one exception, applied to fire or burning coals (Pro 25:22, Thou writ heap coals of fire upon his head, Thou wilt take coals of fire (and heap them) on his head); saphah, to add (Deu 32:23); cabhar, to heap up (Hab 1:10); kabhac, to press together (with the fingers ...
