Hebrew

Noun

אָבָק • ‎(avak) m ‎(plural indefinite אֲבָקִים, singular construct אֲבַק־, plural construct אֲבָקֵי־)

1. (usually uncountable) dust
   • Exodus 28:24, with translation of the New International Version:

     יִתֵּן יְהוָה אֶת־מְטַר אַרְצְךָ אָבָק וְעָפָר מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם יֵרֵד עָלֶיךָ עַד הִשָּׁמְדָךְ׃‎

     The LORD will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.

2. (by extension) hint of (something)

Noun

אֶבֶק • ‎(evek) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (Mishnaic Hebrew) A hole in cloth for the incertion of thread; a hole in the edges of some product through which a nail, a **** or a thread can go to fix it firmly.
   • Tosafot on Menachot 42a:32

     היה יכול להעביר הציצית מן הטלית דרך האבק אחר עשייתן‎

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