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title: אֲנַף — face · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אֲנַף (lemma:אֲנַף), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: face. BDB 1906: n.m. face. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲנַף

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«אֲנַף» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **face** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:אֲנַף · **BDB:** אֲנַף

### Glosses

face (1); of (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

face [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e0_5b7_5e3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. face [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e0_5b7_5e3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. only du. (SchulthZAW xxii (1902), 164) face (BH אַף, √ אנף; Aramaic of Têma אנפי SAC23 Lzb 222 Cooke 69, 1. 14, so S-C G 19 and (usually) 𝔗J; אפין 𝔗 Onk Jon, ܐܰܦܺܝܢ Syriac Chr-Pal. (SchulthLex. 13); also אפי Palm. Lzb 222 Cooke p. 339, Chr-Pal. c. prep. ܠܦܝ SchulthLex. 14, etc.);—pl. sf. 3 ms. אַנְפּ֫וֹהִי Dn 2:46; 3:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲנַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e0_5b7_5e3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.46/)

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בֵּ֠אדַיִן מַלְכָּ֤א נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּר֙ נְפַ֣ל עַל־אַנְפּ֔וֹהִי וּלְדָנִיֵּ֖אל סְגִ֑ד וּמִנְחָה֙ וְנִ֣יחֹחִ֔ין אֲמַ֖ר לְנַסָּ֥כָה לֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* then the king Nebuchadnezzar he.fell on face his and to Daniel he.paid.homage and offering and soothing.offerings he.said to offer.in.sacrifice to him

*JPS 1917:* Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odours unto him.

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[Daniel 3:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.19/)

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בֵּאדַ֨יִן נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֜ר הִתְמְלִ֣י חֱמָ֗א וּצְלֵ֤ם אַנְפּ֙וֹהִי֙ אֶשְׁתַּנִּ֔י עַל־שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֖ךְ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ עָנֵ֤ה וְאָמַר֙ לְמֵזֵ֣א לְאַתּוּנָ֔א חַ֨ד־שִׁבְעָ֔ה עַ֛ל דִּ֥י חֲזֵ֖ה לְמֵזְיֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* then Nebuchadnezzar he.was.filled anger and the.image of his.face it.was.changed against Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego \[he.was\].replying and \[he.was\].saying to heat (et) the furnace one seven over that \[was\].proper to heat it

*JPS 1917:* Then was Nebuchadnezzar filled with fury, and the form of his visage was changed, against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

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