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title: אֲפֵר — covering · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲפֵר (666), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: covering. BDB 1906: covering, bandage. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲפֵר

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«אֲפֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **covering** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 666 · **BDB:** אֲפֵר

### Glosses

bandage (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

covering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/666/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

covering, bandage [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/666/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] covering, bandage (Assyrian ipru, covering ZimBP 95, êpartu, garment, Id.ib. \& DlPr 54) א׳ עַל־עֵינָיו 1 K 20:38 cf. v 41.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲפֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/666/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 20:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.20.38/)

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וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ הַנָּבִ֔יא וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עַל־הַדָּ֑רֶךְ וַיִּתְחַפֵּ֥שׂ בָּאֲפֵ֖ר עַל־עֵינָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.went the prophet and he.stood for the king on the way and he.disguised.himself with (the) bandage over eyes his

*JPS 1917:* So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

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[1 Kings 20:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.20.41/)

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וַיְמַהֵ֕ר וַיָּ֙סַר֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֲפֵ֔ר מֵעֲלֵ֖י עֵינָ֑יו וַיַּכֵּ֤ר אֹתוֹ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֥י מֵֽהַנְּבִאִ֖ים הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* and he.hastened and he.removed (et) the bandage from over eyes his and he.recognized him the.king of.Israel (dm).that \[was\].one of the.prophets he

*JPS 1917:* And he hastened, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

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