Exodus 8:16:9Exod.8.16.W9PATWLC Exodus 8:12
אֶת־עֲפַ֣ר
etafar
“dust”
- Transliteration
- et-a-FAR
- Extended
- eht-ah-FAHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʕăˈfar/
Meaning by language
- English
- dust
- French
- poussière
- Spanish
- polvo
- Portuguese
- pó
- German
- Staub
- Russian
- прах
- Arabic-Simplified
- تراب
- Hindi
- धूल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 尘土
- Korean
- 티끌
- Indonesian
- debu
- Bengali
- ধুলো
- Tagalog
- alabok
- Swahili
- mavumbi
- Amharic
- ትቢያ
- Yoruba
- eruku
- Igbo
- uzuzu
- Twi
- mfutuma
- Ewe
- anyi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
et-a-FAR
- phraseyour reading level
et-a-FAR ha-A-retz
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH e-MOR el-a-ha-RON ne-TEH et-mat-KHA ve-HAKH et-a-FAR ha-A-retz
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH e-MOR el-a-ha-RON ne-TEH et-mat-KHA ve-HAKH et-a-FAR ha-A-retz ve-ha-YA le-khi-NIM be-khol-E-retz mits-RA-yim
In context — Exodus 8:16
and said LORD to Moses say to Aaron stretch out your staff and strike dust the earth and it will become into gnats in all the land of Egypt
About this coordinate
Exodus 8:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 8:16, so the Hebrew word אֶת־עֲפַ֣ר (etafar) 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 Exod.8.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.8.16.W9.S1) and character.