Job 19:25:6Job.19.25.W6TAB
עַל־עָפָ֥ר
alafar
“upon dust”
- Transliteration
- al-a-FAR
- Extended
- ahl-ah-FAAR
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʕaːˈfaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon 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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Word in context
- word
al-a-FAR
- phraseyour reading level
al-a-FAR ya-KUM
- clause
ve-a-kha-RON al-a-FAR ya-KUM
- sentence
va-a-NI ya-da-TE-ti go-a-LI KHAI ve-a-kha-RON al-a-FAR ya-KUM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-afar {עַל־עָפָר | ʿal-ʿāpār} ‘upon dust’ is poetically multivalent, evoking ground, mortality, and the realm of death, while still remaining concrete.
Root and etymology
consonantsayin–peh–resh
“dust”
In context — Job 19:25
But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will arise upon the dust.
About this coordinate
Job 19:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 19:25, so the Hebrew word עַל־עָפָ֥ר (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.19.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.25.W6.S1) and character.