אֹפֶן

«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.

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

Glosses

times (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

circumstance tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

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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.).

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 25:11

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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