אֶת־עֲפָרָ֖ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־עֲפָרָ֖ם

   et-a-fa-RAM

   their dust
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְהִשְׁלִ֥יךְ אֶת־עֲפָרָ֖ם

   ve-hish-LIKH et-a-fa-RAM

   and he threw their dust
3. clause🔊 וַיָּ֣רָץ מִשָּׁ֔ם וְהִשְׁלִ֥יךְ אֶת־עֲפָרָ֖ם אֶל־נַ֥חַל קִדְרֽוֹן׃

   va-ya-RATS mi-SHAM ve-hish-LIKH et-a-fa-RAM el-na-KHAL kid-RON

   and he broke in pieces from there and he threw their dust into the brook or wadi Kidron
4. sentence🔊 וְאֶֽת־הַֽמִּזְבְּח֡וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הַגָּג֩ עֲלִיַּ֨ת אָחָ֜ז אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֣וּ מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה וְאֶת־הַֽמִּזְבְּחוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֣ה מְנַשֶּׁ֗‪ה בִּשְׁתֵּ֛י חַצְר֥וֹת בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה נָתַ֣ץ הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיָּ֣רָץ מִשָּׁ֔ם וְהִשְׁלִ֥יךְ אֶת־עֲפָרָ֖ם אֶל־נַ֥חַל קִדְרֽוֹן׃

   ve-ET-ha-miz-be-KHOT a-SHER al-ha-GAG a-li-YAT a-KHAZ a-sher-a-SU mal-KHE ye-hu-DA ve-ET-ha-miz-be-KHOT a-sher-a-SA me-na-SHE bish-TE kha-tsre-KHOT BET-ye-ho-VAH na-TATS ha-ME-lekh va-ya-RATS mi-SHAM ve-hish-LIKH et-a-fa-RAM el-na-KHAL kid-RON

   and the altars which on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz which they made kings of Judah and the altars which he made Manasseh in the two courts of the house of the LORD he pulled down the king and he broke in pieces from there and he threw their dust into the brook or wadi Kidron

Exegesis

The vav-consecutive forms way-yā-rats and wə-hiš-likh {וַיָּ֣רָץ וְהִשְׁלִ֥יךְ | way-yā-rats | wə-hiš-likh} “and he rushed, and he threw” sequence the on-site destruction and disposal of ʿă-pā-rām {עֲפָרָ֖ם | ʿă-pā-rām} “their dust” into na-ḥāl qi-ḏrōן {נַחַל קִדְרֽוֹן | na-ḥāl | qi-ḏrōn}. The English omits direct-object markers and reorders clauses for clarity while preserving the Hebrew emphases and the chiastic structure.

Root and etymology

‛-p-r🔊 ע־פ־רayin–pe–resh

“dust”

• 🔊 אֵפֶרeferashesNumbers 19:17