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title: אֹפֶן — circumstance · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֹפֶן (655), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: circumstance. BDB 1906: circumstance, condition. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֹפֶן

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«אֹפֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **circumstance** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 655 · **BDB:** אֹ֫פֶן

### Glosses

times (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

circumstance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/655/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

circumstance, condition [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/655/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] circumstance, condition (perhaps lit. turning) only du. (or pl.) sf. עַל־אָפְנָיו = in (right) circumstances Pr 25:11 (cf. Str ad loc., also OrelliSyn. d. Zeit u. Ewigkelt 38 f.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֹפֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/655/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 25:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.11/)

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תַּפּוּחֵ֣י זָ֭הָב בְּמַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת כָּ֑סֶף דָּ֝בָ֗ר דָּבֻ֥ר עַל־אָפְנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* apples of.gold in carvings of.silver a.word spoken on times its.proper

*JPS 1917:* A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

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