בְּ/אַפּֽ/וֹ

𐤁/𐤀𐤐/𐤅

beapo

in his anger

from אָנַף; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire; anger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.

H639

Job 21:17 · Word #10

Lexicon H639

Lemmaאַף
Lemma (Paleo)𐤀𐤐
Transliterationʼaph
Strong'sH639
In-contextin his anger

Morphology HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

SIBI-P1 H639-16

in his nose

Rootאף (ʾ-p̄)
Core Meaningsnose, nostril, face, anger, wrath
Semantic Rangenose, nostril, face, countenance, anger, wrath, passionate intensity
Conceptual SignificanceIn biblical anthropology, anger is vividly expressed through bodily imagery—especially the nose as the organ of breath and flaring emotion. Divine "nose" signifies righteous wrath, while the idiom of a "long nose" conveys patience, reflecting a concrete, embodied understanding of emotion in Hebrew thought.
Morphological NotesPreposition בְּ ("in") + masculine singular construct noun אַף + 3rd masculine singular suffix וֹ ("his").
Rendering RationaleThe noun אַף (ʾaph) literally means "nose" or "nostril," from which the figurative sense of anger arises (from flaring or heated breathing). The form is masculine singular construct with a 3ms pronominal suffix and prefixed בְּ ("in"), yielding "in his nose," preserving both the concrete root meaning and the grammatical details.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root אף (nose, nostril, face, anger, wrath)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H637-01 af even-more
H639-01 apah her nose
H639-08 apeykha your nostrils
H639-11 apo his nose
H637-02 haaf indeed? / the nose (the anger)
H639-20 leapey to the nostrils of
veaf and indeed also
veaf and indeed also
H637-03 veaf and indeed also
H639-29 veapayim in (the) dual-nostrils; and Appaim ("Twin-Nostrils")
H639-30 veapekha by your nostril-anger

Word Usage (276 occurrences of H639)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 2:7 בְּ/אַפָּ֖י/ו beapayv into his nostrils
Genesis 3:19 אַפֶּ֨י/ךָ֙ apeykha of your face
Genesis 7:22 בְּ/אַפָּ֗י/ו beapayv in its nostrils