Job 14:19:5Job.14.19.W5TAB
עֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ
afararets
“dust of earth”
- Transliteration
- a-FAR-a-RETS
- Extended
- ah-FAHR-ah-REHTS
- IPA
- /ʕăˈfar.ˈʔaːrɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- dust of earth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
a-FAR-a-RETS
- phraseyour reading level
tish-TOF-se-fi-KHE-ha a-FAR-a-RETS
- clause
a-va-NIM sha-kha-KU MA-yim tish-TOF-se-fi-KHE-ha a-FAR-a-RETS
- sentence
a-va-NIM sha-kha-KU MA-yim tish-TOF-se-fi-KHE-ha a-FAR-a-RETS ve-tik-VAT e-NOSH he-e-VAD-ta
Exegesis
The construct afar-arets {עֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ | ʿă-p̄ar ʾā-reṣ} “dust of earth” links agricultural imagery to human ground.
Root and etymology
ע־פ־ר
“dust, loose soil”
In context — Job 14:19
Waters wear away stones; You wash away its aftergrowth from the dust of the earth, and You destroy the hope of a mortal .
About this coordinate
Job 14:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 14:19, so the Hebrew word עֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ (afararets) 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 Job.14.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.19.W5.S1) and character.