3:6 ( || שַׂק ) cf. Jb 42:6 ( עָפָר וא׳ ), Is 58:5 ( || שַׂק ); mourning Est 4:1 , 3 ( || שַׂק ) cf. Jb 2:8 ( ישׁב בתוך הא׳ ), Je 6:26 ( || שַׂק ), Ez 27:30 ( || עפר ); in sim. scattereth hoarfrost כָּא׳ ψ 147:16 ; but also as filthy, loathsome כעפר וא׳ Jb 30:19 ( Di sim. of mourning, grief), as worthless, מִשְׁלֵי א׳ Jb 13:12 proverbs of ashes; fig. of worthlessness Is 44:20 ; insignificance עפר וא׳ Gn 18:2 7; ignominy Ez 28:18 Mal 3:2 1; distress & sorrow א׳ כַּלֶּחֶם אָכָלְתִּי ψ 102:10 (so Assyrian cf. Zim BP 42) cf. La 3:16 Is 61:3 ( פְּאֵר תַּחַת אֵפֶר ).
אפר
TWOT
150, 151
(
enclose, envelope
, Assyrian
apâru, attire
Dl
Pr
54
;
Thes comp.
Arabic
غَفَرَ
(
ğafara
),
cover;
MV comp.
Aramaic
ܡܰܥܦܪܳܐ
(
ma˓pro
)
מעפרא
,
mantle, turban;
but connection of
√
(
غ
(
ğ
))
פּ׳ ע
with
אפר
is
dub.
)
•
אֲפֵר
S
666
TWOT
151a
GK
710
n.
[
m.
]
covering, bandage
(
Assyrian
ipru
,
covering
Zim
BP 95,
êpartu
,
garment
,
Id.
ib. &
Dl
Pr 54)
א׳ עַל־עֵינָיו
1 K 20:38
cf.
v
4
1.
אֶפְרֹחַ
S
667
TWOT
1813c
GK
711
v.
פרח
.
•
אַפִּרְיֹון
S
668
TWOT
151b
GK
712
n.
[
m.
]
sedan, litter, palanquin
(
so NH; origin
dub.
; no plausible Shemitic etymol.; perhaps (so
RS
in Yule
Gloss. of Anglo-Indian Words, 502
)
Skr.
paryaṅka
,
litter-bed
, ‘
palankeen
;’ perhaps (if poem be late) Gr.
φορεῖον
;—
Ö
has
φορεῖον
,
É
ferculum
, Syriac
ܦܽܘܪܝܳܐ
(
puryo
) (and
ܦܽܘܪܝܳܐ
(
puryo
))
PS
3073; Sota 9:14 and
Talm
אַפִּרְיֹון
,
Talm
also
פֹּורְיָא
and
פֹּורְיֹון
,
Levy
NHWB i. 150, iv. 17
.
)
Ct 3:9
א׳ עָשָׂה לֹו הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה
.
אֶפְרַיִ˜ם
S
669
TWOT
151c
GK
713
n.pr.m.
Ephraim
(
Gn 41:52 connected with
הִפְרָה
, Hiph. of
פרה
,
cf.
פרא
Hiph.
Ho 13:15
)
.
1.
2nd son of Joseph
Gn 41:52
;
46:20
; reckoned among sons of Jacob, blessed by him, and given preference over Manasseh
48:1
,
5
,
13
,
14
,
17
(×2) (
cf.
v
1
9)
v
20
(×2);
50:23 Nu 1:10 1 Ch 7:20
,
22
.
2.
בְּנֵי אֶפְרַיִם
(
=
descendants, tribe of E.)
Nu 1:32
;
2:18
,
NH New (Late) Hebrew. Skr. Sanskrit.
PS R. Payne Smith, Thesaurus Syriacus. Talm ?Talmud.
Levy Jacob Levy.
II.