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title: עָפַר — and kept dusting · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָפַר (6080), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: and kept dusting. BDB 1906: vb. denom. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָפַר

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«עָפַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **and kept dusting** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6080 · **BDB:** עָפַר

### Glosses

he.dusted.\[them\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

and kept dusting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6080/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6080/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. וְעִפַּר בֶּעָפָר 2 S 16:13 and kept dusting (him) with dust (throwing \[lumps of\] dry earth at him).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָפַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6080/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 16:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.16.13/)

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וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ דָּוִ֛ד וַאֲנָשָׁ֖יו בַּדָּ֑רֶךְס וְשִׁמְעִ֡י הֹלֵךְ֩ בְּצֵ֨לַע הָהָ֜ר לְעֻמָּת֗וֹ הָלוֹךְ֙ וַיְקַלֵּ֔ל וַיְסַקֵּ֤ל בָּֽאֲבָנִים֙ לְעֻמָּת֔וֹ וְעִפַּ֖ר בֶּעָפָֽר׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.went David and men his on the road and Shimei \[was\].going on the.side of the.mountain parallel with him he.went and he.cursed and he.stoned.\[them\] with (the) stones parallel with him and he.dusted.\[them\] with (the) dust

*JPS 1917:* So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hill-side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

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