H6080 H6080
to throw dust, pelt with dust or dirt
This Piel denominative verb means to dust someone with dust, or throw dirt at them. It appears in the account of Shimei cursing David, where Shimei not only cursed verbally but kept pelting David with dust and stones. The verb derives from the noun for dust/dirt and indicates aggressive action, combining with the cognate accusative for emphasis: 'he dusted with dust.'
Senses
1. sense 1 — In 2 Samuel 16:13, this describes Shimei's action of throwing dust at David as he cursed him during Absalom's rebellion. The Piel stem with cognate accusative intensifies the action—'he kept dusting him with dust.' Spanish 'arrojaba polvo' (was throwing dust) and French 'jetant poussière' (throwing dust) both capture the aggressive throwing action. The dust-throwing accompanied verbal cursing, expressing total contempt. 1×
AR["وَيُغَبِّرُ"]·ben["এবং-ছিটাত-ধুলো"]·DE["und-werfend-dust"]·EN["and-throwing-dust"]·FR["et-jetant-poussière"]·heb["ו-עיפר"]·HI["और-उड़ाता-था"]·ID["dan-melempar-debu"]·IT["e-gettando-polvere"]·jav["lan-nyawuraken"]·KO["그리고-흡을-끼얼였다"]·PT["e-lançando-pó"]·RU["и-бросая-пылью"]·ES["y-arrojaba-polvo"]·SW["na-akamtupia"]·TR["ve-toz-atıyor"]·urd["اور-دھول"]
Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)H6083 1. dust, dry earth, soil (108×)H8313 1. burn, set fire to (94×)H2734 1. anger was kindled (82×)G5204 1. water (80×)H2822 1. darkness, absence of light (80×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)H6965b 2. Qal: to stand firm, endure, be valid (50×)H6999a 2. burn sacrifice on altar (Hifil) (45×)H5553 1. rock, cliff (physical feature) (43×)H6965b 4. Hifil: to establish, confirm (covenant/kingdom/word) (40×)H1197a 1. burn, be on fire (39×)H4306 1. rain, showers (38×)H1653 1. rain, precipitation (34×)G4655 1. darkness (30×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [עָפַר] vb. denom. Pi. וְעִפַּר בֶּעָפָר 2 S 16:13 and kept dusting (him) with dust (throwing [lumps of] dry earth at him).