עפר

Hebrew

Root
ע־פ־ר (ʿ-p-r)

Perhaps related to אֵפֶר ('éfer, ʾḗp̄er, “ash”). From Proto-Semitic *ʕapar- (“dust”). Compare Aramaic עַפְרָא (ʿap̄rā, “dust”) (absolutive: עֲפָר (ʿăp̄ār)), Arabic غَبَرَة (ḡabara) / غُبَار (ḡubār, “dust”), (perhaps borrowed from Aramaic) عَفَر (ʕafar, “dust”), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎔𐎗 (ʿpr) and Akkadian 𒅖 (eperum, “dust; soil, earth”).

עָפָר • ('afár, ʿāp̄ār) m (no plural forms, singular construct עֲפַר־) [pattern: קָטָל]

earth, dirt
(literary) dust
- Tanach, Psalms 103:14, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  כִּי־הוּא יָדַע יִצְרֵנוּ זָכוּר כִּי־עָפָר אֲנָחְנוּ׃
  Ki hu yadá yitzrénu; zakhúr ki ʿafar anáḥnu
  For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
(biblical) ashes

Declension of עָפָר

עֹפֶר • ('ófer) m

עָפֹר • ('afór) m