עַפְרָא, Targ. Lev. XIV, 45. Targ. Prov. VIII, 26 (h. text עפרות); a. fr.—B. Bath. 73ᵇ הוה שקיל ע׳ ומורח וכ׳ he took up dust and smelt of it and said, this is the road &c. Ib. 16ᵃ ע׳ לפומיה דאיוב earth into Job’s mouth (stop him)! Ib. 171ᵇ מאן יהיב לן מעַפְרֵיה דרב וכ׳ O, that some one would give us some of the dust of Rab and Samuel, and we should put it into our eyes! (i.e. we surely revere the memory of Rab and Samuel, yet we differ with them); Ab. Zar. 53ᵇ; Ḥull. 68ᵇ. Snh. 108ᵇ והוה … ע׳ והוו חרבי we threw dust and it turned into swords; a. fr.