Psalm 22:15:7Ps.22.15.W7TABWLC Psalms 22:16
וְלַעֲפַר־מָ֝וֶת
velaafarmavet
“and to the dust of death”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-a-FAR-MA-vet
- Extended
- veh-lah-ah-FAR-MAA-veht
- IPA
- /malqoːˈħaːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the dust of death
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-la-a-FAR-MA-vet
- clause
ve-la-a-FAR-MA-vet tish-pe-TE-ni
- sentence
ya-VESH ka-KHE-res kho-KHI u-le-sho-NI mud-BAK mal-ko-KHAI ve-la-a-FAR-MA-vet tish-pe-TE-ni
Exegesis
The phrase vela‘afar-mavet {וְלַעֲפַר־מָוֶת | və-la-ʿa-par mā-vēṯ} ‘and to the dust of death’ provides the spatial setting for the imperfect teshifteni {תְּשִׁפְתֵנִי | tə-šip-tê-nî} ‘You place me’, underscoring divine agency in consigning the sufferer to mortality’s realm.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–pe–resh
“dust, earth”
In context — Psalm 22:15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd , and my tongue is stuck to my jaws; and You set me in the dust of death.
About this coordinate
Psalm 22:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Psalm 22:15, so the Hebrew word וְלַעֲפַר־מָ֝וֶת (velaafarmavet) 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 Ps.22.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.22.15.W7.S1) and character.