אֵפֶר

ʼêpher

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Lemma: אֵ֫פֶר
Definition: H665. epher אֵ֫פֶר‎ noun [masculine] ashes (as light, flying?) — ׳א‎ absolute Gen 18:27 +; construct Num 19:9-10, — ashes of red heifer, used in purifications 19:9-10, on head, as sign of humiliation 2Sam 13:19; contrition Dan 9:3 (|| שַׂק צוֺם,‎), Jonah 3:6 (|| שַׂק‎) compare Job 42:6 (וא ׳עָפָר‎), Isa 58:5 (|| שַׂק‎); mourning Est 4:1, 3(|| שַׂק‎) compare Job 2:8 (הא בתוך ׳ישׁב‎), Jer 6:26 (|| שַׂק‎), Ezek 27:30 (|| עפר‎); in simile scattereth hoarfrost ׳כָּא‎ Psa 147:16; but also as filthy, loathsome וא ׳כעפר‎ Job 30:19 (Di simile of mourning, grief), as worthless, א ׳מִשְׁלֵי‎ 13:12 proverbs of ashes; figurative of worthlessness Isa 44:20; insignificance וא ׳עפר‎ Gen 18:27; ignominy Ezek 28:18; Malachi 3:21; distress & sorrow ׳א אָכָ֑לְתִּי כַּלָּחֶם‎ Psa 102:10 (so Assyrian compare ZimBP 42) compare Lam 3:16; Isa 61:3 (אֵפֶר תַּחַת מְּאֵר‎). II. אפר‎ (enclose, envelope, Assyrian apâru, attire DlPr 54; Thes compare Arabic , cover; MV compare Aramaic , מעפרא‎, mantle, turban; but connection of √ ()׳מּ ע‎ with אפר‎ is dubious)