אפר

• (אֵפֶר, éfer)
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)efeʁ/
• (אֲפָר, afár)
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈfaʁ/

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  • Homophone: עָפָר

אֵפֶר • (éfer) m

1. ash
   • Tanach, Lamentations 3:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיַּגְרֵס בֶּחָצָץ שִׁנָּי הִכְפִּישַׁנִי בָּאֵפֶר׃

     va-yagrés be-ḥatsáts shinnái; hikhpisháni ba-éfer.

     He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes.

   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Ta'anit, section 2.1:

     וְנוֹתְנִין אֵפֶר מִקְלֶה עַל גַּבֵּי הַתֵּבָה, וּבְרֹאשׁ הַנָּשִׂיא וּבְרֹאשׁ אַב בֵּית דִּין, וְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד נוֹתֵן בְּרֹאשׁוֹ.

     v-notnín éfer miqléh 'al gabéi ha-tevá, uv-rosh ha-nasí uv-rosh av beit din, v-khol eḥád v-eḥád notén b-roshó.

     And they place calcined ash on top of the ark, and on the head of the chieftain and on the head of the chief justice, and each and every person puts it on his head.

אֲפָר • (afár) m

1. meadow

• עָפָר ('afár)

אֲפֵר • (afér) m

1. blindfold, eye covering
2. bandage

אַפָּר • (apár) m

1. make-up artist

אָפֹר • (afór)

1. defective spelling of אפור

אֹפִר • (ofír) m

1. defective spelling of אופיר

• “אפר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language