Efer (אפר) means ash in Hebrew.
It can also mean cinder. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
ash, cinder
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Efer.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אבק חרוך הנוצר כתוצאה מבערה של חומר לרוב אורגני.
וַיַּעַן אַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמַר הִנֵּה־נָא הוֹאַלְתִּי לְדַבֵּר אֶל־אֲדֹנָי וְאָנֹכִי עָפָר וָאֵפֶר.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Efer is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- אֵפֶר
- Written without vowel points
- אפר
- Said
- efer
- Root
- א־פ־ר
- Pattern
- קֵטֶל
- Inflections
- אֶפֶר־; כ' אֶפְרוֹ
- Gematria
- 281
This is how Efer is said in other languages.
- English
- ash, cinder
- Arabic
- رَمَاد, سَكَن
- French
- cendre
- Spanish
- ceniza
These words rhyme with Efer.
The word Efer is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אפר געשי
- אפר חטאת
- עפר ואפר
- רועה אפר
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Efer comes from the root א־פ־ר, like these words.
This is where the word Efer comes from.
הצורה אפר נחשבת למקבילתה האכדית של תיבת עפר הכנענית.
These words come before and after Efer in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Efer.
What does Efer (אפר) mean in Hebrew?
Efer (אפר) means ash and cinder. It is said efer, with the stress on e.
What rhymes with Efer (אפר)?
Words that rhyme with Efer (אפר) include ספר, תפר, and שפר.
Is Efer (אפר) masculine or feminine?
The word Efer (אפר) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אפר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.