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ʾēfer אֵ֫פֶר ‘ashes’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to bestrew

ʾēfer n, m
1) ashes
2) (CLBL) worthlessness (fig.)

Mentioned in Genesis 18:27 Numbers 19:9, 19:10 2 Samuel 13:19 Isaiah 61:3, 58:5, 44:20 Jeremiah 6:26 Ezekiel 28:18, 27:30 Jonah 3:6 Malachi 3:21 Psalms 102:10, 147:16 Job 2:8, 13:12, 30:19, 42:6 Lamentations 3:16 Esther 4:3, 4:1 Daniel 9:3

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