STRONGS NUMBER H665

H665. epher

אֵ֫פֶר‎ noun [masculine] ashes (as light, flying?) — ׳א‎ absolute Genesis 18:27 +; construct Numbers 19:9-10, — ashes of red heifer, used in purifications 19:9-10, on head, as sign of humiliation 2 Samuel 13:19; contrition Daniel 9:3 ("" שַׂק צוֺם,‎), Jonah 3:6 ("" שַׂק‎) compare Job 42:6 (וא ׳עָפָר‎), Isaiah 58:5 ("" שַׂק‎); mourning Esther 4:1, 3("" שַׂק‎) compare Job 2:8 (הא בתוך ׳ישׁב‎), Jeremiah 6:26 ("" שַׂק‎), Ezekiel 27:30 ("" עפר‎); in simile scattereth hoarfrost ׳כָּא‎ Psalm 147:16; but also as filthy, loathsome וא ׳כעפר‎ Job 30:19 (Di simile of mourning, grief), as worthless, א ׳מִשְׁלֵי‎ 13:12 proverbs of ashes; figurative of worthlessness Isaiah 44:20; insignificance וא ׳עפר‎ Genesis 18:27; ignominy Ezekiel 28:18; Malachi 3:21; distress & sorrow ׳א אָכָ֑לְתִּי כַּלָּחֶם‎ Psalm 102:10 (so Assyrian compare Zim^{BP 42}) compare Lamentations 3:16; Isaiah 61:3 (אֵפֶר תַּחַת מְּאֵר‎).

II. אפר‎ (enclose, envelope, Assyrian apâru, attire Dl^{Pr 54}; Thes compare Arabic , cover; MV compare Aramaic , מעפרא‎, mantle, turban; but connection of √ ()׳מּ ע‎ with אפר‎ is dubious)