עפר

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־פ־ר (ʿ-p-r)

Perhaps related to אֵפֶר ('éfer, ʾḗp̄er, “ash”). From Proto-Semitic *ʕapar- (“dust”). Compare Aramaic עַפְרָא (ʿap̄rā, “dust”) (absolutive: עֲפָר (ʿăp̄ār)), Arabic غَبَرَة (ḡabara) / غُبَار (ḡubār, “dust”), (perhaps borrowed from Aramaic) عَفَر (ʕafar, “dust”), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎔𐎗 (ʿpr) and Akkadian 𒅖 (eperum, “dust; soil, earth”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

עָפָר • (afár, ʿāp̄ār) m (no plural forms, singular construct עֲפַר־)

  1. earth, dirt
  2. (literary) dust
    • Tanach, Psalms 103:14, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      כִּי־הוּא יָדַע יִצְרֵנוּ זָכוּר כִּי־עָפָר אֲנָחְנוּ׃
      ki hu yadá yitsrénu; zakhúr ki afár anákhnu
      For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
  3. (biblical) ashes

Declension

Synonyms

Noun

עֹפֶר • (ófer) m

  1. defective spelling of עופר

Adjective

עָפֹר • (afór) m

  1. defective spelling of עפור

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