Job 17:16:5Job.17.16.W5TAB
עַל־עָפָ֣ר
alafar
“upon the dust”
- Transliteration
- al-a-FAR
- Extended
- ah-lah-AH-faar
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʕaˈfaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the dust
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-a-FAR
- phraseyour reading level
al-a-FAR NA-khat
- clause
im-YA-khad al-a-FAR NA-khat
- sentence
bad-DE she-OL te-RAD-ne im-YA-khad al-a-FAR NA-khat
Exegesis
That clause begins with the conditional particle im-yaḥad {אִם־יַחַד | ʾim yaḥad} ‘if together,’ followed by the prepositional phrase ʿal-ʿāfār {עַל־עָפָר | ʿal-ʿāfār} ‘upon dust’ and the absolute noun nāḥaṯ {נָֽחַת | nāḥaṯ} ‘rest,’ functioning as a verbless clause in English. The setumah marker emphasizes the thematic break and underscores the uncertainty of final rest.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–pe–resh
“dust, loose earth”
In context — Job 17:16
Will it go down to the bars of Sheol ? Shall we rest together in the dust?
About this coordinate
Job 17:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 17:16, so the Hebrew word עַל־עָפָ֣ר (alafar) 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.17.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.16.W5.S1) and character.