face
a.naph denotes a person's visible countenance, whether bowed down or changed in anger.
The attested uses concern a person's visible countenance: Nebuchadnezzar falls down before Daniel in Daniel 2:46, and his appearance changes in fury in Daniel 3:19.
Senses in use
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A person's visible countenance · dominant
The construct forms occur in descriptions of Nebuchadnezzar's appearance and posture. In Daniel 2:46 the APB renders that he “fell on his face” before Daniel; in Daniel 3:19 it renders that “the appearance of his face changed” when he was filled with fury.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term through “face” in both verses, once in the king's act of falling down and once in the changed appearance of his face. These renderings show the clauses' presentation rather than a precise token-by-token equivalence.