אֵ֫פֶר noun [masculine] ashes (as light, flying?) — ׳א absolute [Gen 18:27] +; construct [Num 19:9]; [Num 19:10] — ashes of red heifer, used in purifications [Num 19:9]; [Num 19:10] on head, as sign of humiliation [2Sam 13:19] contrition [Dan 9:3] (|| צוֺם, שַׂק), [Jonah 3:6] (|| שַׂק) compare [Job 42:6] (׳עָפָר וא), [Isa 58:5] (|| שַׂק); mourning [Esth 4:1]; [Esth 4:3] (|| שַׂק) compare [Job 2:8] (׳ישׁב בתוך הא), [Jer 6:26] (|| שַׂק), [Ezek 27:30] (|| עפר); in simile scattereth hoarfrost ׳כָּא [Ps 147:16] but also as filthy, loathsome ׳כעפר וא [Job 30:19] (Di simile of mourning, grief), as worthless, ׳מִשְׁלֵי א [Job 13:12] proverbs of ashes; figurative of worthlessness [Isa 44:20] insignificance ׳עפר וא [Gen 18:27] ignominy [Ezek 28:18]; [Mal 3:21] distress & sorrow כַּלָּחֶם אָכָ֑לְתִּי ׳א [Ps 102:10] (so Assyrian compare ZimBP 42) compare [Lam 3:16]; [Isa 61:3] (פְּאֵר תַּחַת אֵפֶר).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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