Job 14:8:4Job.14.8.W4TAB
וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר
uveafar
“and in the dust”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-a-FAR
- Extended
- oo-veh-ah-FAAR
- IPA
- /u.vəʕaˈfaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in the dust
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
u-ve-a-FAR
- clause
u-ve-a-FAR ya-MUT giz-E-vo
- sentence
im-yaz-KIN ba-A-rets SHAR-she-vo u-ve-a-FAR ya-MUT giz-E-vo
Exegesis
The two prepositional phrases baaretz {בָּאָ֣רֶץ | bā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘in the earth’ and uveafar {וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר | û-ḇe-ʿā-fār} ‘and in the dust’ create poetic parallelism that locates the decay below ground, intensifying the image of finality.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Pe–Resh
“dust, loose earth”
In context — Job 14:8
Even if its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the dust ,
About this coordinate
Job 14:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 14:8, so the Hebrew word וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר (uveafar) 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.14.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.8.W4.S1) and character.