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Gravel

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(חָצִוֹ, chatsats', something broken off small; gravel-stone, Proverbs 20:17; Lamentations 3:16. In Psalm lxxvii. 7, חֲצָצֶיַךָ, "thine arrows," is regarded by Fulrst as a reduplicative form from הֵוֹ; in Isaiah 48:19, מְ וֹתָיו, erroneously "the gravel thereof," is undoubtedly the same as in מֵ יךָ preceding, and stands elliptically for "[the issue of] its bowels," sc. the sea's, i.e., the fish that spawn so numerously), comminuted rock, coarser than sand, but smaller than stones, forming a large part of what is known geologically as "drift" or diluvium over the surface of the earth. (See LAND).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Gravel'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​g/gravel.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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