Genesis 2:7:5Gen.2.7.W5TAB
עָפָר֙
afar
“dust”
- Transliteration
- a-FAR
- Extended
- ah-FAAR
- IPA
- /ʕaː.ˈfaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- dust
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-FAR
- clause
va-yi-TSER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-a-DAM a-FAR min-ha-a-da-MA va-yip-PAKH be-ap-PAV nish-MAT khai-YIM
- sentence
va-yi-TSER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-a-DAM a-FAR min-ha-a-da-MA va-yip-PAKH be-ap-PAV nish-MAT khai-YIM va-ye-HI ha-a-DAM le-NE-fesh khai-YA
Exegesis
The phrase afar min-ha-adamah {עָפָר מִן־הָאֲדָמָה | ʿāfār min-hāʾădāmāh} ‘dust from the ground’ establishes the material and origin of the human form.
In context — Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God formed the man from dust of the ground, breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 2:7, so the Hebrew word עָפָר֙ (afar) 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 Gen.2.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.7.W5.S1) and character.