חַסְפַּס

chaspas · flaky

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2636 · appears 1 time in the Bible

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What it means

chaspas (חַסְפַּס) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “flaky”.

Like fine flakes. It occurs only in Exodus 16:14.

How to say it

chas·pas

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. In very thin layers, like flakes.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Exodus 16:14

    When the layer of dew had gone up, look, on the surface of the wilderness there was something fine, flaky, fine as frost on the ground.