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Job 16:9

“He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אַףʼaph · af
H639 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Derivation: from H599 (אָנַף);
KJV renderings: anger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.
Grammar: אַפּ֤ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
וֹ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HNcmsc/Sp3ms
Usage: Occurs 276 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:7 Genesis 3:19 Genesis 7:22 Genesis 19:1 Genesis 24:47

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אַף here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.