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Hebrew
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Noun
אָבָק • (avák) m (plural indefinite אֲבָקִים, singular construct אֲבַק־)
- (usually uncountable) dust
Tanach, 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.
- (by extension) hint of (something)
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Noun
אֶבֶק • (évek) m
- (Mishnaic Hebrew) A hole in cloth for the insertion of thread; a hole in the edges of some product through which a nail, a screw or a thread can go to fix it firmly.