Psalm 22:29:7Ps.22.29.W7TABWLC Psalms 22:30
עָפָ֑ר
afar
“to dust”
- Transliteration
- a-FAR
- Extended
- aa-FAAR
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈfaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to dust
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
a-FAR
- phraseyour reading level
KAL-yor-DE a-FAR
- clause
a-khe-LU va-yish-ta-kha-VU KAL-dish-NE-e-RETS le-fa-NAV yikh-re-U KAL-yor-DE a-FAR
- sentence
a-khe-LU va-yish-ta-kha-VU KAL-dish-NE-e-RETS le-fa-NAV yikh-re-U KAL-yor-DE a-FAR ve-naf-SHO LO khi-YA
Exegesis
A synonymous parallelism links kol-dishnei-erets {כָּל־דִּשְׁנֵי־אֶרֶץ | kol-dish-nê-ʾe-reṣ} ‘all the fat ones of the earth’ with kol-yordei-afar {כָּל־יוֹרְדֵי עָפָר | kol-yôr-dê ʿā-p̄ār} ‘all who descend to the dust’, each group enjoined to kneel (yikhreu {יִכְרְעוּ | yiḵ-rə-ʿû}).
Root and etymology
Rootayin-peh-resh
“dust”
In context — Psalm 22:29
All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and bowed down; before Him shall kneel all who go down to the dust, and none can keep alive his own soul.
About this coordinate
Psalm 22:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Psalm 22:29, so the Hebrew word עָפָ֑ר (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 Ps.22.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.22.29.W7.S1) and character.