although, even though, nevertheless
Despite. Despite everything.
(A manslayer (unintentionally) who fled to his city of refuge, and the people of the city wished to honor him, he should say to them: I am a manslayer. If they say to him: Nevertheless, let him accept [the honor]" – Makkot 2:8. And also: "We all lie under our burden. Nevertheless, it seems to me that since the day God created His world... nothing like this has yet been seen... an act in a bundle such as this" – Shalom Aleichem, Seventy-Five Thousand, 7. And also: "Surely that is the will of the Holy One, blessed be He... Nevertheless, we must consult the rabbanit" – Bialik, The Short Sixth Day, in The Reed. And also: "Dr. Twil heard the president of the academy as if saying that although he had been mischievous in his youth, he advanced and excelled and so on. His face turned yellow and he cleared his throat, as if to say: What has my origin to do with my work?" – Chaim Sabato, Like Eyelids of the Dawn, 88)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אַף עַל פִּי, אַף עַל פִּי כֵן, אַף כִּי, אע"פ, אעפ"כ
Definition (Hebrew)
לַמְרוֹת. לַמְרוֹת הַכֹּל.
(רוֹצֵחַ (בְּשׁוֹגֵג) שֶׁגָּלָה לְעִיר מִקְלָטוֹ, וְרָצוּ אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר לְכַבְּדוֹ, יֹאמַר לָהֶם: רוֹצֵחַ אֲנִי. אָמְרוּ לוֹ: אַף עַל פִּי כֵן, יְקַבֵּל"- מַכּוֹת ב ח, וְכֵן:"כֻּלָּנוּ רוֹבְצִים תַּחַת מַשָּׂאֵנוּ. וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵן דּוֹמֶה אֲנִי כִּי מִיּוֹם שֶׁבָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת עוֹלָמוֹ...לֹא נִרְאֶה עֲדַיִן...מַעֲשֶׂה בִּצְרוֹר אֲשֶׁר כָּזֶה"-שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ חֲמִשָּׁה וְשִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף, ז, וְכֵן:"בְּוַדַּאי כָּךְ רְצוֹנוֹ שֶׁל הקב"ה...וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵן צְרִיכִים לְהִמָּלֵךְ בָּרַבָּנִית"-בְּיָאלִיק/ יוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי הַקָּצָר, ב קָנָה, וְכֵן:"הַדּוֹקְטוֹר טָוִיל שָׁמַע אֶת נְשִׂיא הָאָקָדֶמְיָה כְּאִלּוּ אָמַר שֶׁאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁעָלָה מַחְלֶבּ בִּצְעִירוּתוֹ, הִתְקַדֵּם וְהִצְטַיֵּן וְכֻלֵּי. נִתְכַּרְכְּמוּ פָּנָיו וְכִעְכֵּעַ בִּגְרוֹנוֹ, כְּאוֹמֵר, מָה עִנְיַן מוֹצָאִי לַעֲבוֹדָתִי"- חַיִּים סָבָתוֹ/ כְּעַפְעַפֵּי שַׁחַר, 88)