Ofan (אופן) means wheel in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
wheel
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Ofan.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1גלגל.
וַיָּסַר אֵת אֹפַן מַרְכְּבֹתָיו וַיְנַהֲגֵהוּ בִּכְבֵדֻת...
- 2מיתולוגיהמין מלאך הנזכר בספר יחזקאל.
וּבְלֶכֶת הַחַיּוֹת יֵלְכוּ הָאוֹפַנִּים אֶצְלָם; וּבְהִנָּשֵׂא הַחַיּוֹת מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ יִנָּשְׂאוּ הָאוֹפַנִּים.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Ofan is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- אוֹפַן
- Written without vowel points
- אופן
- Said
- ofan
- Root
- א־פ־נ
- Pattern
- קוֹטָל
- Plural
- אוֹפַנִּים
- Inflections
- ר' אוֹפַנִּים; אוֹפַן־, ר' אוֹפַנֵּי־
- Gematria
- 137
This is how Ofan is said in other languages.
- English
- wheel
- Arabic
- عجلة
- Russian
- колесо
- Spanish
- rueda
- German
- Rad
- Yiddish
- ראָד
These words mean nearly the same as Ofan.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Ofan.
The word Ofan is part of these phrases and sayings.
- אופן חמישי
- דו אופן
- תלת אופן
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The word Ofan comes from the root א־פ־נ, like these words.
This is where the word Ofan comes from.
אכדית: epinnu - גלגל לשאיבת מים.
These words come before and after Ofan in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ofan.
What does Ofan (אופן) mean in Hebrew?
Ofan (אופן) means wheel. It is said ofan, with the stress on fan.
What is a synonym for Ofan (אופן)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Ofan (אופן) are גלגל, צורה, גליל, and שנאן.
What rhymes with Ofan (אופן)?
Words that rhyme with Ofan (אופן) include זמן, חמצן, מימן, לבן, עניין, and פחמן.
Is Ofan (אופן) masculine or feminine?
The word Ofan (אופן) is a masculine noun, and its plural is אוֹפַנִּים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אופן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.