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ʿāfār עָפָר ‘dust’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʿāfar עָפַר ‘to throw’
Roots: עפר

ʿāfār n, m
1) dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish
 1a) dry or loose earth
 1b) debris
 1c) mortar
 1d) ore

Mentioned in Genesis 26:15, 18:27, 2:7, 3:19, 28:14, 3:14, 13:16 Exodus 8:13, 8:12 Codex Leviticus 14:42, 14:45, 17:13, 14:41 Numbers 23:10, 5:17, 19:17 Deuteronomy 28:24, 9:21, 32:24 Joshua 7:6 1 Samuel 2:8 2 Samuel 16:13, 22:43 1 Kings 18:38, 20:10, 16:2 2 Kings 13:7, 23:12, 23:6, 23:15, 23:4 Isaiah 34:7, 29:4, 26:19, 65:25, 47:1, 49:23, 2:19, 25:12, 26:5, 34:9, 40:12, 2:10, 52:2, 41:2 Ezekiel 26:12, 27:30, 24:7, 26:4 Amos 2:7 Micah 1:10, 7:17 Habakkuk 1:10 Zephaniah 1:17 Zechariah 9:3 Psalms 113:7, 102:15, 7:6, 72:9, 22:30, 30:10, 104:29, 103:14, 44:26, 22:16, 119:25, 78:27, 18:43 Proverbs 8:26 Job 14:19, 28:2, 28:6, 34:15, 5:6, 22:24, 8:19, 19:25, 7:21, 41:25, 2:12, 10:9, 14:8, 17:16, 27:16, 4:19, 30:19, 42:6, 39:14, 7:5, 16:15, 38:38, 40:13, 30:6, 21:26, 20:11 Lamentations 3:29, 2:10 Ecclesiastes 3:20, 12:7 Daniel 12:2 Nehemiah 3:34, 4:4 2 Chronicles 1:9

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