Numbers 23:10:3Num.23.10.W3TAB
עֲפַ֣ר
afar
“the dust”
- Transliteration
- a-FAR
- Extended
- a-FAHR
- IPA
- /ʕaˈfaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the dust
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-FAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-FAR ya-a-KOV
- clause
MI ma-NA a-FAR ya-a-KOV u-mis-PAR ET-RO-va yis-ra-EL
- sentence
MI ma-NA a-FAR ya-a-KOV u-mis-PAR ET-RO-va yis-ra-EL ta-MOT naf-SHI MOT ye-sha-RIM u-te-HI a-kha-ri-TI ka-MO-hu
Exegesis
The parallel phrases afar Ya‘ăqōv {עֲפַר יַעֲקֹב | ʿăpar Ya‘ăqōv} ‘dust of Jacob’ and ū-miśpār ʾet-rōbāʿ Yiśrāʾēl {וּמִסְפָּר אֶת־רֹבַע יִשְׂרָאֵל | ū-miśpār ʾet-rōbāʿ Yiśrāʾēl} ‘or number the fourth part of Israel’ form synonymous parallelism that underscores the metaphor of endless descendants.
Root and etymology
Rootʿayin-pe-resh
“dust”
In context — Numbers 23:10
Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the upright , and may my end be like his.
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 23:10, so the Hebrew word עֲפַ֣ר (afar) 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 Num.23.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.10.W3.S1) and character.