Genesis 18:27:9Gen.18.27.W9PAT
עָפָ֥ר
afar
“dust”
- Transliteration
- a-FAR
- Extended
- ah-FAAR
- IPA
- /ʕaː.ˈfaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- dust
- French
- poussière
- Spanish
- polvo
- Portuguese
- pó
- German
- Staub
- Russian
- прах
- Arabic-Simplified
- تُرَاب
- Hindi
- धूल
- Chinese-Simplified
- 尘土
- Korean
- 티끌
- Indonesian
- debu
- Bengali
- ধূলি
- Tagalog
- alikabok
- Swahili
- mavumbi
- Amharic
- ትቢያ
- Yoruba
- eruku
- Igbo
- aja
- Twi
- mfutuma
- Ewe
- anyi
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
a-FAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-FAR va-E-fer
- clause
hi-ne-NA ho-AL-ti le-da-BER el-a-do-NAI ve-a-no-KHI a-FAR va-E-fer
- sentence
va-YA-an av-ra-HAM va-yo-MAR hi-ne-NA ho-AL-ti le-da-BER el-a-do-NAI ve-a-no-KHI a-FAR va-E-fer
In context — Genesis 18:27
Abraham answered said look please I have ventured to speak to the Lord and I am dust and ashes
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 18:27, so the Hebrew word עָפָ֥ר (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 Gen.18.27.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.27.W9.S1) and character.