אף
See also: אָפּ, אָפּ־, and Appendix:Variations of "ap"
Aramaic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɑp/
Adverb
אף • (af)
- and, also, as well, too, truly, indeed, yea, with
Hebrew
Etymology 1
| Root |
|---|
| א־נ־ף (ʾ-n-p) |
From Proto-Semitic *ʔanp-. Cognate with Arabic أنف.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔaf/
Noun
אַף • (af) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- nose
- (Biblical Hebrew) the region of the nose, the face
- (Biblical Hebrew) nostril
- Genesis 7:22, with translation of Robert Alter:
- כֹּ֡ל אֲשֶׁר֩ נִשְׁמַת־ר֨וּחַ חַיִּ֜ים בְּאַפָּ֗יו מִכֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בֶּחָֽרָבָ֖ה מֵֽתוּ׃
- kol ăšer nišmaṯ–rūaḥ ḥayyīm bə-appāw mik-kol ăšer be-ḥŏrāvā mēṯū.
- All that had the quickening breath of life in its nostrils, of all that was on dry land, died.
- Genesis 7:22, with translation of Robert Alter:
- (Biblical Hebrew or literary) anger, wrath
- Proverbs 24:17-18, with translation of Robert Alter:
- בִּנְפֹ֣ל אֽ֖וֹיִבְיךָ אֽוֹיִבְךָ אַל־תִּשְׂמָ֑ח וּ֜בִכָּשְׁל֗וֹ אַל־יָגֵ֥ל לִבֶּֽךָ:
פֶּן־יִרְאֶ֣ה יְ֭הוָה וְרַ֣ע בְּעֵינָ֑יו וְהֵשִׁ֖יב מֵעָלָ֣יו אַפּֽוֹ- bi-nfōl ōyivḵā al–tiśmāḥ ū-vi-kkāšəlō al–yāḡēl libbeḵā.
pen–yirʾe YHWH wə-raʿ bə-ʿēnāw wə-hēšīv mē-ʿālāw appō. - When your enemy falls, do not rejoice, and when he stumbles, let your heart be not gladdened,
lest the Lord see and it be evil in His eyes, and He deflect His wrath from him.
- bi-nfōl ōyivḵā al–tiśmāḥ ū-vi-kkāšəlō al–yāḡēl libbeḵā.
- Proverbs 24:17-18, with translation of Robert Alter:
Declension
Declension of אַף
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | אַף | first | אַפִּי | אַפֵּנוּ | ||
| definite | הָאַף | second | אַפְּךָ | אַפֵּךְ | אַפְּכֶם | אַפְּכֶן | |
| construct | אַף־ | third | אַפּוֹ | אַפָּהּ | אַפָּם | אַפָּן | |
| dual | indefinite | אפיים / אַפַּיִם | first | אפיי / אַפַּי | אַפֵּינוּ | ||
| definite | האפיים / הָאַפַּיִם | second | אַפֶּיךָ | אפייך / אַפַּיִךְ | אַפֵּיכֶם | אַפֵּיכֶן | |
| construct | אַפֵּי־ | third | אַפָּיו | אַפֶּיהָ | אַפֵּיהֶם | אַפֵּיהֶן | |
Derived terms
- קַרְנַף (karnáf)
See also
- חוטם m (khótem)
References
- H639 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Further reading
אף on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔaf/
Adverb
אַף • (af)
- Also, too, additionally.
- Isaiah 33:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- הֱיֵה זְרֹעָם לַבְּקָרִים אַף יְשׁוּעָתֵנוּ בְּעֵת צָרָה׃
- Be Thou their arm every morning, Our salvation also in the time of trouble.
- Isaiah 33:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
Determiner
אַף • (af)
- even
- Leviticus 26:42, with translation of the King James Version:
- וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת-בְּרִיתִי יַעֲקוֹב וְאַף אֶת-בְּרִיתִי יִצְחָק וְאַף אֶת-בְּרִיתִי אַבְרָהָם אֶזְכֹּר וְהָאָרֶץ אֶזְכֹּר
- vəzachárti et brití yaʿaqóv vəáf et brití yitzḥaq vəáf et brití avrahám ezkór vəhaáretz ezkór
- Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land
- אף אחד לא ענה.
- af eḥád lo 'aná.
- No one answered.
(literally) Even one didn't answer.
- אף פעם לא הייתי שם.
- af pá'am lo hayíti sham.
- I was never there.
(literally) Even once I wasn't there.
- Leviticus 26:42, with translation of the King James Version:
Derived terms
- אף כי (af ki)
- על אף (al af)
- אף אחד (af eḥád)
- אף על פי כן (af al pi chen)
See also
- גַּם (gam)
- שׁוּם (shum)