2 Samuel 22:43:22 Sam.22.43.W2TAB
כַּעֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ
kaafararets
“like dust of earth”
- Transliteration
- ka-a-FAR-A-rets
- Extended
- kah-ah-FAHR-AA-rehts
- IPA
- /ka.ʕăˈfar.ʔaːˈrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- like dust of earth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-a-FAR-A-rets
- clause
ve-e-shkha-KEM ka-a-FAR-A-rets
- sentence
ve-e-shkha-KEM ka-a-FAR-A-rets ke-TIT-khu-TSOT a-dik-KEM e-re-ka-EM
Exegesis
It then uses two parallel similes, ka’afar-’aretz {כַעֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ | kə-ʿă-phar-ʼā-reṣ} ‘like the dust of the earth’ and keṭit-chutzot {כְטִיט־חוּצוֹת | kə-ṭîṯ-ḥuṣ-ṣōṯ} ‘like the mud of the streets’, which emphasize the insignificance of the foes through meristic imagery.
Root and etymology
ayin-pe-reshayin–pe–resh
“fine dust”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:43
And I crushed them like the dust of the earth; like the mud of the streets I pounded them, trampled them, and spread them out.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:43:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 22:43, so the Hebrew word כַּעֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ (kaafararets) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.22.43.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.43.W2.S1) and character.