חֹפֶן, preced. wds.) the hollow of the hand formed by bending the fingers so as to touch the wrist, contrad. to קֹמֶץ; a handful. Gen. R. s. 5 חָפְנוֹ של משה the quantity of a handful of Moses’ hand. Ex. R. s. 11 מלא ח׳ שלו מלא ח׳ וכ׳ his (Moses’) handful and that of Aaron; a. fr.—Du. חָפְנַיִם, חוֹפְנַיִם. Yoma V, 1 מלא הָפְנָיו his two handfuls. Ib. 47ᵃ חוֹפְנָיו. Ex. R. l. c. לקחו … חָפְנֵיהֶם both of them took, each his handfuls; a. fr. [Tosef. B. Mets. IX, 14 חפן ed., read סַפָּן as ed. Zuck.].