חֲרוּם אַף

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Flat-nosed

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A person with a sunken or depressed nose.

("For any man who has a defect shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame man, or one with a flat nose, or one with a disproportioned limb" — Leviticus 21:18, and likewise: "And beside them repaired Jediah son of Harumaph, and opposite his house; and beside him repaired Hattush son of Hashabneiah" — Nehemiah 3:10, and likewise: "Charum — whose nose is sunken, whose nose is upturned, whose nose is compressed, whose nose is dripping — from where [is this derived]? Scripture says: or charum. Rabbi Yosei says: there is no charum אלא one who applies kohl to both eyes at once; they said to him: that is exaggeration" — Bekhorot 43b, and likewise: "Heh-heh-heh" — the flat-nosed man chuckled and patted him on the shoulder — "indeed, you are a ‘bar hevra’..." — Bialik / After the Fence, etc.)