Proverbs 8:26:6Prov.8.26.W6TAB

עָ‪פְר֥וֹת

aferot

dust heaps or dusts

Transliteration
a-fe-ROT
Extended
aa-feh-ROHT
IPA
/ʕɔfˈroːt/

Meaning by language

English
dust heaps or dusts

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
עָ‪ + פְ + ר֥וֹת
a + fe + rot
aferot

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-fe-ROT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-fe-ROT TE-vel

  3. clause

    ve-ROSH a-fe-ROT TE-vel

  4. sentence

    ad-LO a-SA E-rets ve-khu-TSOT ve-ROSH a-fe-ROT TE-vel

In contextProverbs 8:26

Before He made the land or the fields , or the beginning of the dust of the world.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 8:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 8:26, so the Hebrew word עָ‪פְר֥וֹת (aferot) 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 Prov.8.26.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.26.W6.S1) and character.