אופן

See also: אופֿן‎

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
א־פ־ן‎

Noun

אופן \ אֹפֶן • (ófen) m

way, manner
- 1974, Zelda, Every Person Has a Name
  
  ‏לְכָל אִישׁ יֵשׁ שֵׁם שֶׁנָּתְנוּ לוֹ קוֹמָתוֹ וְאֹפֶן חִיּוּכוֹ וְנָתַן לוֹ הָאָרִיג, […] ‎
  To every person there is a name that was given to them by their stature and the manner of their smile and that was given to them by the weave […]

Related terms

בכל אופן‎ (b'khol ofen)

Etymology 2

Compare Ugaritic 𐎀𐎔𐎐 (ảpn, “wheel”).

Noun

אוֹפַן • ('ofán) m

(poetic or dated) A wheel (circular device on an axle).
(Judaism) An angel of a particular kind.
(Judaism) Any of various poems added on red-letter days to the morning prayer service at the passage והאופנים…‏‎‎.

Synonyms

(wheel): גַּלְגַּל‎ m (gálgal, “wheel”)

Derived terms

אוֹפַנַּיִם‎ (ofanáyim)
תְּלַת־אוֹפַן‎ (t'lát-'ofán)
חַד־אוֹפַן‎ (khad-'ofán)

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