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בֵּית־אַפִּין   n.m.  forehead; face


  forehead (= מצח‏)  PTA, Man, LJLA. eyebrows  LJLA.

  other part of the face (as opposed to the forehead)  JLAtg, PTA, Syr.

DJPA 93a takes the example of בית אפיה" at TN Gen 24:47 to mean "nose," relying on the Hebrew. But קדש can be either a nose-ring or an ear-ring, while the LXX insists on ear-rings!
  
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