פן

Hebrew

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /pen/

Conjunction

פֶּן • (pen)

1. Lest, [in order] that … not, for otherwise; used in constructing warnings.
   • Tanach, Exodus 20:19, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה דַּבֵּר־אַתָּה עִמָּנוּ וְנִשְׁמָעָה וְאַל־יְדַבֵּר עִמָּנוּ אֱלֹהִים פֶּן־נָמוּת׃

     vayom'rú 'el-moshé dabér-'atá 'imánu v'nishmá'a v'al-y'dabér 'imánu 'elohím pen-namút.

     And they said unto Moses: 'Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.'

   • Tanach, Jeremiah 6:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     הִוָּסְרִי יְר֣וּשָׁלִַם פֶּן־תֵּקַע נַפְשִׁי מִמֵּךְ פֶּן־אֲשִׂימֵךְ שְׁמָמָה אֶרֶץ לוֹא נוֹשָׁבָה׃

     hivasrí y'rushalám pen-teiká nafshí mimékh, pen-asimékh sh'mamá éretz lo noshavá.

     Be thou corrected, O Jerusalem, lest My soul be alienated from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

Usage notes

• As may be seen in the quotation above, in the Masoretic tradition this conjunction is attached to the following word with a hyphen (or more properly a maqaf).
• The clause introduced by פן is nearly always in the future tense (imperfect aspect, prefix conjugation).

Synonyms

• שֶׁמָּא (shema)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

פָּן • (pán) m (plural indefinite פָּנִים)

1. aspect

See also

• אֹפֶן (ófen, “way, manner”)
• אַסְפֶּקְט (ás'pek't)
• בְּחִינָה (b'khína)
• See also: pan

Etymology 3

From German Föhn (“hair dryer”), from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.

Noun

פֶן • (fen) m

1. hair dryer (device for drying hair)

References

• H6435 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible