Deuteronomy 9:21:14Deut.9.21.W14PAT
לְעָפָ֑ר
leafar
“to dust”
- Transliteration
- le-a-FAR
- Extended
- leh-aa-FAR
- IPA
- /ləʕaˈfaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to dust
- French
- en poussière
- Spanish
- a polvo
- Portuguese
- a pó
- German
- zu Staub
- Russian
- в прах
- Arabic-Simplified
- ترابًا
- Hindi
- धूल में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 成灰尘
- Korean
- 먼지로
- Indonesian
- menjadi debu
- Bengali
- ধুলায়
- Tagalog
- sa alabok
- Swahili
- kuwa vumbi
- Amharic
- ወደ አፈር
- Yoruba
- sí eruku
- Igbo
- ka ọ bụrụ ntụ
- Twi
- sɛ mfutuma
- Ewe
- va fu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
le-a-FAR
- clause
veh-ET kha-ta-AT-khem a-SHER a-si-TEM et ha-E-gel lah-KAKH-ti va-es-ROF o-TO ba-ESH va-e-KOT o-TO ta-KHON hee-TEHV AD a-SHER DAK le-a-FAR
- sentence
veh-ET kha-ta-AT-khem a-SHER a-si-TEM et ha-E-gel lah-KAKH-ti va-es-ROF o-TO ba-ESH va-e-KOT o-TO ta-KHON hee-TEHV AD a-SHER DAK le-a-FAR va-ash-LIKH ET a-fa-RO el ha-NA-khal ha-yo-RED min ha-HAR
In context — Deuteronomy 9:21
I took your sin which you made the calf I burned it with fire I crushed it ground well until that it was fine to dust I threw its dust to the brook that descends from the mountain
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 9:21:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Deuteronomy 9:21, so the Hebrew word לְעָפָ֑ר (leafar) 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 Deut.9.21.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.9.21.W14.S1) and character.