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# פֵּאָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6285

**corner** — used 86 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

corner [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6285/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פֵּאָה: n.f. corner, side [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6285/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. corner, side (part cut off, ‘Abschnitt,’ according to Schröter in MeArchiv. i. 461 BaZMG xii (1887), 615 BuhlLex, but perhaps bilit., NöM. 485 Sta§ 185, and not from √ פאה; cf. Arabic فِىَٔةٌ company, etc. (Nöl.c.); Assyrian pâtu, side, edge, border, v. especially MeissnSuppl. 74; NH = BH, Aramaic פָּאתָא, ܦܰܐܬܳܐ );—abs. פ׳ Je 9:25 + 4 times; cstr. פְּאַת Am 3:12 + 77 times; pl. abs. פֵּאֹת Ex 25:26; 37:23; du. cstr. פַּאֲתֵי Nu 24:17 (but read prob. פְּאַת as ‖ Je 48:45);— corner of divan Am 3:12; table Ex 25:26, 37:13; field Lv 19:9; 23:22 (H); land (prob.) וַתַּ לְקֵם לְפֵאָה Ne 9:22, i.e. into every corner; פ׳ רֹאשְׁכֶם Lv 19:27 (i.e. your temples), פ׳ זְקָנֶ֑ךָ v 27 cf. 21:5 (all H); קְצוּצֵי פֵאָה those clipped on the temples Je 9:25; 25:23; 49:32 (epith. of Arabic tribes, Herod. iii, 8 WMMAs. u. Eur. 140 f. WeSkizzen iii. 119; Heid. 2, 198); temples of Moab (under fig. of man) Nu 24:17 (JE) Je 48:45. side: usually of Ezekiel’s temple, the tabern., the holy city and the land, or its subdivisions (only Ez 41–48 \[47 times\] and P \[26 times\]): in plur. פְּאַת קָדִ֫ים(ה) East side Ez 47:18 + 17 times Ez, = פ׳ קֵדְמָה Ex 27:13 + 3 times P and Ez 45:7 (v. Co Toy); פ׳ צָפ֫וֹן(ה) North side Ez 47:15 Ex 26:20 + 9 times; פ׳ נֶגֶב (נֶ֫גְבָּה) South side Ez 47:19(×2) Ex 27:9 + 8 times; פ׳ יָם (יָ֫מָּה) West side Ez 45:7 Ex 27:12 + 21 times + פ׳ דֶּרֶךְ־הַיָּם Ez 41:12 (also פ׳ קָדִים הַיָּם 48:1); abs. only לַפֵּאָה הָאֶחָת Ex 27:9. פְּאַת פָּנָיו Lv 13:41 side (border) of his face (forehead and temples; P).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: side (39); \[the\] side (26); the side (7).

## In the verses

[Exodus 38:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.13/#tree)

וְלִפְאַ֛ת קֵ֥דְמָה מִזְרָ֖חָה חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אַמָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and for.\[the\] side of eastward eastward fifty cubit\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.

[Exodus 26:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.26.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.26.20/#tree)

וּלְצֶ֧לַע הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית לִפְאַ֣ת צָפ֑וֹן עֶשְׂרִ֖ים קָֽרֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and for the.side of the.tabernacle (the) second \[will belong\].to.\[the\].side of.\[the\].north twenty frame\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6285.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6285/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).