Ma'afan (מעפן) means lame in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
מַעֲפָן
ma'afan
adjective
In English
lame
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Ma'afan.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1סלנגגרוע במיוחד.
The word Ma'afan is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- מַעֲפָן
- Written without vowel points
- מעפן
- Said
- ma'afan
- Plural
- מַעֲפְנִים
- Feminine form
- מַעֲפְנָה
- Inflections
- ר' מַעֲפְנִים, נ' מַעֲפְנָה
- Gematria
- 240
This is how Ma'afan is said in other languages.
- English
- lame
These words mean the opposite of Ma'afan.
These words come before and after Ma'afan in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ma'afan.
What does Ma'afan (מעפן) mean in Hebrew?
Ma'afan (מעפן) means lame. It is said ma'afan, with the stress on a.
What is the opposite of Ma'afan (מעפן)?
Words that mean the opposite of Ma'afan (מעפן) are אחלה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry מעפן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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