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Credit: Manfred Morgner (ka-em-zwei-ein)

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Comments: Calabria Ricadi sand waves

 

Credit: Gerd Eichmann

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Comments: Camel trekking tour on the Sinai Peninsula

 

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Comments: Sand dune. Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

Credit: Siim Sepp (Sandatlas)

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Comments: Global collage of sand samples. There is one square centimeter of sand on every sample photo. Sand samples row by row from left to right: 1. Glass sand from Kauai, Hawaii 2. Dune sand from the Gobi Desert 3. Quartz sand with green glauconite from Estonia 4. Volcanic sand with reddish weathered basalt from Maui, Hawaii 5. Biogenic coral sand from Molokai, Hawaii 6. Coral pink sand dunes from Utah 7. Volcanic glass sand from California 8. Garnet sand from Emerald Creek, Idaho 9. Olivine sand from Papakolea, Hawaii. Additional information from the source: Sandatlas

 

From ISBE: (chol; ammos; a variant of the more usual psammos; compare amathos, psamathos): Sand is principally produced by the grinding action of waves. This is accompanied by chemical solution, with the result that the more soluble constituents of the rock diminish in amount or disappear and the sands tend to become more or less purely silicious, silica or quartz being a common constituent of rocks and very Insoluble. The rocks of Palestine are so largely composed of limestone that the shore and dune sands are unusually calcareous, containing from 10 to 20 per cent of calcium carbonate. This is subject to solution and redeposition as a cement between the sand grains, binding them together to form the porous sandstone of the seashore, which is easily worked and is much used in building.

See Rock, III, (2).

Figurative:

(1) Used most often as a symbol of countless multitude; especially of the children of Israel (Genesis 22:17; Genesis 32:12; 2 Samuel 17:11; 1 Kings 4:20; Isaiah 10:22; Isaiah 48:19; Jeremiah 33:22; Hosea 1:10; Romans 9:27; Hebrews 11:12); also of the enemies of Israel (Joshua 11:4; Judges 7:12; 1 Samuel 13:5; compare Revelation 20:8). Joseph laid up gram as the sand of the sea (Genesis 41:49); God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding and largeness of heart as the sand that is on the seashore (1 Kings 4:29); Job says "I shall multiply my days as the sand" (Job 29:18); the multitude of quails provided for the Israelites in the desert is compared to the sand (Psalms 78:27); the Psalmist says of the thoughts of God, "They are more in number than the sand" (Psalms 139:18); Jeremiah, speaking of the desolation of Jerusalem, says that the number of widows is as the sand (Jeremiah 15:8).

(2) Sand is also a symbol of weight (Job 6:3; Proverbs 27:3), and

(3) of instability (Matthew 7:26).

It is a question what is meant by "the hidden treasures of the sand" in Deuteronomy 33:19.

Alfred Ely Day

Verses:

  • Genesis 22:17
  • Genesis 32:12
  • Genesis 41:49
  • Exodus 2:12
  • Deuteronomy 33:19
  • Joshua 11:4
  • Judges 7:12
  • 1 Samuel 13:5
  • 2 Samuel 17:11
  • 1 Kings 4:20
  • 1 Kings 4:29
  • Job 6:3
  • Job 29:18
  • Job 39:14
  • Psalms 78:27
  • Psalms 139:18
  • Proverbs 27:3
  • Isaiah 10:22
  • Isaiah 48:19
  • Jeremiah 5:22
  • Jeremiah 15:8
  • Jeremiah 33:22
  • Hosea 1:10
  • Habakkuk 1:9
  • Matthew 7:26
  • Romans 9:27
  • Hebrews 11:12
  • Revelation 20:8
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​s/sand.html. 2024.
 
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