Af (אף) means nose in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
nose
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Af.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1איבר בולט במרכז הפנים, אחראי לחוש הריח ומשמש גם לנשימה.
עָלָה עָשָׁן בְּאַפּוֹ וְאֵשׁ מִפִּיו תֹּאכֵל גֶּחָלִים בָּעֲרוּ מִמֶּנּוּ.
- 2כעס.
...כִּי בְאַפָּם הָרְגוּ אִישׁ וּבִרְצֹנָם עִקְּרוּ שׁוֹר. אָרוּר אַפָּם כִּי עָז וְעֶבְרָתָם כִּי קָשָׁתָה...
- 3(בצורת הזוגי) פנים.
בְּזֵעַת אַפֶּיךָ תֹּאכַל לֶחֶם
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Af is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- אַף
- Written without vowel points
- אף
- Said
- af
- Root
- א־נ־פ
- Plural
- אַפִּים
- Inflections
- ר' אַפִּים; אַף־, ר' אַפֵּי־; כ' אַפּוֹ
- Gematria
- 81
This is how Af is said in other languages.
- English
- nose
- Arabic
- أَنْف
- Russian
- нос
- French
- nez
- Spanish
- nariz
- German
- Nase
- Yiddish
- נאָז
These words mean nearly the same as Af.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Af.
The word Af is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אף אוזן גרון
- אא"ג
- אף גבוה
- אף סולד
- ארך אפיים
- בזעיר אנפין
- בזעת אפים
- דחף את האף
- האריך אפו
- השתחווה אפיים ארצה
- חרון אף
- טיפות אף
- יצא לו מהאף
- ישן על האף
- מטפחת אף
- מנה אחת אפיים
- נזם זהב באף חזיר
- על אפו ועל חמתו
- שר מהאף
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Af comes from the root א־נ־פ, like these words.
These words come before and after Af in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Af.
What does Af (אף) mean in Hebrew?
Af (אף) means nose. It is said af, with the stress on af.
What is a synonym for Af (אף)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Af (אף) are חוטם, חמה, זעם, קצף, and חרון.
What rhymes with Af (אף)?
Words that rhyme with Af (אף) include כנף, ענף, כף, דף, גף, and סף.
Is Af (אף) masculine or feminine?
The word Af (אף) is a masculine noun, and its plural is אַפִּים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אף of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.