Exodus 8:17:7Exod.8.17.W7PATWLC Exodus 8:13
אֶת־עֲפַ֣ר
etafar
“the dust”
- Transliteration
- et-a-FAR
- Extended
- eht-ah-FAHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʕăˈfar/
Meaning by language
- English
- the dust
- French
- la poussière
- Spanish
- el polvo
- Portuguese
- o pó
- German
- den Staub
- Russian
- прах
- Arabic-Simplified
- التراب
- Hindi
- धूल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 尘土
- Korean
- 그 티끌
- Indonesian
- debu itu
- Bengali
- ধূলা
- Tagalog
- ang alabok
- Swahili
- vumbi
- Amharic
- ትቢያው
- Yoruba
- eruku náà
- Igbo
- ájá ahụ
- Twi
- mfutuma no
- Ewe
- anyie la
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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The word
Word in context
- word
et-a-FAR
- phraseyour reading level
et-a-FAR ha-A-rets
- clause
va-ya-a-su-KHEN va-YET a-ha-RON et-yad-DO be-mat-TE-hu va-YAKH et-a-FAR ha-A-rets vat-te-HI hak-kin-NAM ba-a-DAM u-vab-be-he-MA
- sentence
va-ya-a-su-KHEN va-YET a-ha-RON et-yad-DO be-mat-TE-hu va-YAKH et-a-FAR ha-A-rets vat-te-HI hak-kin-NAM ba-a-DAM u-vab-be-he-MA kol-a-FAR ha-A-rets ha-YA kin-NIM be-khol-E-rets mits-RA-yim
In context — Exodus 8:17
and they did so and stretched out Aaron his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth and there came to be the gnats on the man and on the beast all the dust of the earth became gnats in all the land of Egypt
About this coordinate
Exodus 8:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 8:17, 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.8.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.8.17.W7.S1) and character.