פן
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פן¹
- /pɛn/
- /pen/ [pe̞n] Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
Uncertain. Could be derived from פָּנָה (paná, pānā, “to turn (away)”). Compare Aramaic פּוֹן (pôn, “would that, perhaps”).
conjunction פֶּן · pen
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lest, [[[in order that|in order]]] that … not, for otherwise; used in constructing warnings.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה דַּבֵּר־אַתָּה עִמָּנוּ וְנִשְׁמָעָה וְאַל־יְדַבֵּר עִמָּנוּ אֱלֹהִים פֶּן־נָמוּת׃
Similar: שֶׁמָּא
פן²
- /pɔn/
- /pan/
- /pan/ [pän] Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
Back-formation from פָּנִים (paním, pānîm, “face”), which is plural only originally. Could be inspired by Arabic فَنّ (fann, “sort, species, type”).
noun פָּן · pan · pān · פָּנִים · פַּן־ · פְּנֵי־
-
side, direction
הַפָּן הַשְּׂמָאלִי שֶׁל הַבִּנְיָן כֻּסָּה בִּשְׁלָטִים.
Similar: צַד, כִּוּוּן//כיוון
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form, kind, aspect
אֲנַחְנוּ שָׂמִים אֶת הַפָּן הַחֶבְרָתִי בְּמֶרְכַּז פְּעִילוּתֵנוּ.
Similar: צוּרָה, אֹפֶן//אופן, הֶבֵּט//היבט
noun פַּן · pan
- singular construct state form of פָּן
פן³
- /fen/ [fe̞n] Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian фен (fen, “hair dryer”), from German Föhn, from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.
noun פֶן · fen
-
hair dryer
Similar: מְיַבֵּשׁ שֵׂעָר//מייבש שיער
In English
Talk about this word "פן." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A4%D7%9F. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. פן. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A4%D7%9F "פן." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A4%D7%9F.Cite this
@misc{micwyn_2026,
title = {פן},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A4%D7%9F},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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