Job 21:26:2Job.21.26.W2TAB
עַל־עָפָ֣ר
alafar
“upon dust”
- Transliteration
- al-A-far
- Extended
- ahl-aa-FAHR
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
al-A-far
- clause
YA-khad al-A-far yish-ka-VU
- sentence
YA-khad al-A-far yish-ka-VU ve-rim-MA te-khas-SE a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-afar {עַל־עָפָ֣ר | ʿal-ʾāfar} ‘upon dust’ sets the scene’s location.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–peh–resh
“dust, dry earth”
In context — Job 21:26
Together they lie down upon the dust , and worm covers them.
About this coordinate
Job 21:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 21:26, 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.21.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.26.W2.S1) and character.