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אף

עברית

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אף¹

  • /ʔapʰ/
  • [ʔaf]
  • /ˈʔaf/
  • [ˈʔaːf]
  • [ˈʔæːf]
  • /(ʔ)af/ Persian
  • /af/
  • /(ʔ)af/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanp-.

noun אַף · af · אַפִּים · אַף־ · אַפֵּי־

  1. nose
  2. Biblical the region of the nose, the face
  3. Biblical nostril כֹּ֡ל אֲשֶׁר֩ נִשְׁמַת־ר֨וּחַ חַיִּ֜ים בְּאַפָּ֗יו מִכֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בֶּחָֽרָבָ֖ה מֵֽתוּ׃
  4. Biblical, literary anger, wrath בִּנְפֹ֣ל אֽ֖וֹיִבְיךָ אַל־תִּשְׂמָ֑ח וּ֜בִכָּשְׁל֗וֹ אַל־יָגֵ֥ל לִבֶּֽךָ: פֶּן־יִרְאֶ֣ה יְ֭הוָה וְרַ֣ע בְּעֵינָ֑יו וְהֵשִׁ֖יב מֵעָלָ֣יו אַפּֽוֹ

אף²

  • /ʔaf/ Modern Israeli

adverb אַף · af

  1. also, too, additionally הֱיֵה זְרֹעָם לַבְּקָרִים אַף יְשׁוּעָתֵנוּ בְּעֵת צָרָה׃

determiner אַף · af

  1. even אף אחד לא ענה.

In English

  • any at least one (kind)
  • nose protuberance on the face
  • none not any thing
  • no not any

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MLA

"אף." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A3. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

אף. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A3

Chicago

"אף." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A3.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {אף},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A3},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}