Genesis 2:7:5Gen.2.7.W5PAT

עָפָר֙

afar

dust

Transliteration
a-FAR
Extended
ah-FAAR
IPA
/ʕaː.ˈfaːr/

Meaning by language

English
dust
French
poussière
Spanish
polvo
Portuguese
German
Staub
Russian
прах
Arabic-Simplified
تُرَاب
Hindi
धूल
Chinese-Simplified
尘土
Korean
먼지
Indonesian
debu
Bengali
ধূলি
Tagalog
alikabok
Swahili
vumbi
Amharic
አፈር
Yoruba
eruku
Igbo
uzuzu
Twi
mfutuma
Ewe
fafia

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
עָ + פָר֙
a + far
afar

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Pep with dagesh; f without
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-FAR

  2. clause

    va-yi-TSER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-a-DAM a-FAR min-ha-a-da-MA va-yip-PAKH be-ap-PAV nish-MAT khai-YIM

  3. sentence

    va-yi-TSER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-a-DAM a-FAR min-ha-a-da-MA va-yip-PAKH be-ap-PAV nish-MAT khai-YIM va-ye-HI ha-a-DAM le-NE-fesh khai-YA

In contextGenesis 2:7

LORD God {And He} formed the human dust from the ground {And} He breathed into his nostrils breath of life the human {And He} became a being living

About this coordinate

Genesis 2:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 2:7, so the Hebrew word עָפָר֙ (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.2.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.7.W5.S1) and character.