פֶּה485 noun masculineJoshua 9:2 mouth (probably biliteral [
פו,
פי] Sta
§ 183; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician
לפי according to; Assyrian
pû,
mouth; Arabic
,
,
; Ethiopic
; Syriac
according to; but also Arabic
,
,
, Biblical Aramaic
פֻּם,
פּוּמָא; Syriac
; Mandean
פומא Nö
M § 87); — absolute
פ׳ Exodus 4:10 +, construct
פִּי Isaiah 1:20 +; suffix
1st person singular פִּי Genesis 45:12 +,
2nd person masculine singular פִּיךָ Genesis 41:40 +,
3rd person masculine singular פִּיו Genesis 25:28 +,
פּיהוּ Exodus 4:15 +,
3rd person masculine plural פּיהֶם Judges 7:6 +,
פִּימוֹ Psalm 17:10 +
2 times, etc.; plural
פִּיּוֹת Proverbs 5:4,
[
H6366 (שְׁנֵי) פֵיוֹת Judges 3:16],
[
H6374 פִּיפִיּוֹת Isaiah 41:15; Psalm 149:6];
פִּים 1 Samuel 13:21 (corrupt, see Dr and others); —
1.
2.
a. much oftener, as organ of speech, of man:
פ׳ speaks
Genesis 45:12;
2 Samuel 1:16;
Isaiah 9:16 [
Isaiah 9:17];
Job 9:20;
Job 15:5,
Job 15:6;
Psalm 37:30 +; speak
בְּמוֺפִֿי Job 19:16; open
פ׳,
אֶליֿ׳ Judges 11:35,
Judges 11:36, absolute
Job 3:1;
Job 33:2 +; shut
פ׳ (be silent)
Isaiah 52:15, compare
חָשַׂךְ פ׳ Job 7:11, and (of iniquity, personified)
קָצַף פ׳ Job 5:16;
Psalm 107:42; guard
פ׳,
Proverbs 13:3 (
נָצַר),
Proverbs 21:23 (
שָׁמַר), compare
פ׳פִּתְחֵי שָׁמַר Micah 7:5, also
Psalm 39:2 [
Psalm 39:1] (see
שׁמר); words, etc., are in (
ב) mouth
2 Samuel 17:5;
2 Samuel 18:25;
Deuteronomy 30:14;
1 Kings 17:24;
שִׂים דְּבָרִים בְּפ׳ 2 Samuel 14:3,
2 Samuel 14:19;
Exodus 4:15, also (God subject)
Numbers 22:38;
Numbers 23:12,
Numbers 23:16 +; of utterance
מִפּ׳יָצָא Judges 11:36;
Numbers 30:3 [
Numbers 30:2];
Numbers 32:24;
Joshua 6:10 +; depart from mouth (cease to be mentioned)
מוּשׁ מִפִּ׳ Joshua 1:8;
Isaiah 59:21, compare
נִכְרַת מִפּ׳ Jeremiah 7:28,
עַל־פִּיךָ יִשָּׁמַע לֹא Exodus 23:13;
אִמְרֵי פ׳ Deuteronomy 32:1 words of my mouth, so
Job 8:2;
Psalm 19:15 [
Psalm 19:14];
Psalm 54:4 [
Psalm 54:2];
דְּבְרֵי פ׳ Psalm 36:4 [
Psalm 36:3];
Ecclesiastes 10:12; of agency,
בְּפּ׳ by the mouth of 2 Chronicles 36:21,
2 Chronicles 36:22 =
מִפּ׳ Ezra 1:1;
עִם־פּיו פִּיו דִּבֶּר Jeremiah 32:4 speak mouth to mouth =
Jeremiah 34:3;
פ׳ =
speech, sayings Isaiah 29:13;
Psalm 49:14 [
Psalm 49:13];
Ecclesiastes 10:3;
כְּבַד פ׳ Exodus 4:10 heavy of speech (not eloquent);
אֶהְיֶה עִם־פ׳ Exodus 4:12;
Exodus 4:15, i.e. aid thee in speaking;
יִהְיֶה־לְּךָ לְפ׳ Exodus 4:16 he shall be mouth for thee;
אֵלַי יִקְרָא מִפִּיו Jeremiah 36:18, i.e. dictate;
כָּתַב מִפּ׳ see
כָּתַב 1b (3); bad qualities ascribed to it,
עִקְּשׁוּת פ׳ Proverbs 4:24;
Proverbs 6:12;
פִּי תַהְפֻּכֹות Proverbs 8:13;
פֶּה חָלָק Proverbs 26:28;
אל־תַּגְדֵּל פ׳ Obadiah 12, compare
Micah 6:12;
Ezekiel 35:13.
e. of musical instrument = sound
Amos 6:5 (compare
6 d).
3. of animals: bird
Genesis 8:11 (carrying),
Isaiah 10:14 (chirping); ass
Numbers 22:28 (speaking); bear, lion
1 Samuel 17:35 (seizing),
Amos 3:12 (
id.), hippopotamus.
Job 40:23 (drinking), crocodile
Job 41:11 [
Job 41:19];
Job 41:13 [
Job 41:21] (breathing flame); also of human foes, under figure of ravenous beasts
Psalm 22:22 [
Psalm 22:21];
Ezekiel 21:27 [
Ezekiel 21:22];
Ezekiel 34:10;
פָּצָה עַל פ'Psalm 22:14 [
Psalm 22:13];
Lamentations 2:16;
Lamentations 3:46; hence of
edge of sword,
פִּיּוֹת חֶרֶב Proverbs 5:4 a sword with edges (in simile), =
פִּיפִיּוֹת ח׳ [
H6374Psalm 149:6] compare [
H6366 Judges 3:16]; see also
6 c (2), below;
בַּעַל פִּיפִיּוֹת [
H6374 Isaiah 41:15], of
מוֺרַג.
4. mouth = opening, orifice; of well
Genesis 29:2,
Genesis 29:3(twice in verse);
Genesis 29:8,
Genesis 29:10; cave
Joshua 10:18,
Joshua 10:22,
Joshua 10:27; ravine, abyss
Jeremiah 48:28 (si vera lectio, compare Gie); also of
She’ôl Psalm 141:7; of a sack
Genesis 42:27;
Genesis 43:12,
Genesis 43:21;
Genesis 44:1,
Genesis 44:2,
Genesis 44:8; ephah
Zechariah 5:8; high-priest's robe
Exodus 28:32 +
5 times, compare probably
Psalm 133:2; tunic
Job 30:18; of a round opening also
1 Kings 7:31 (
3 times in verse) (on text and meaning see Benz Kit); of
mouth of Nile
Isaiah 19:7 (others
brink); gate of city
Proverbs 8:3 (but read perhaps
לִפְנֵי, see Toy).
5.
6. with prepositions: —
a. אֶל פִּי , see below d (2).
b. כְּפִי:
(b) according to the mouth of, i.e.
in proportion to (compare Assyrian
ki-i pi-i, Dl
HWB 325), †
Exodus 16:21 they gathered it
אִישׁ כְּפִי אָכְלוֺ each
in proportion to his eating (
Exodus 16:16;
Exodus 16:18 לְפִי),
Leviticus 25:52 כְּפִי שָׁנָיו according to the number of his years (compare
Leviticus 25:16 לְפִי);
Numbers 6:21;
Numbers 7:5 אִישׁ כְּפִי עֲבֹדָתוֺ (
so 2 Chronicles 31:2),
Numbers 7:7,
Numbers 7:8;
Numbers 35:8 (all P);
Job 33:6 הֵן־אֲנִי כְפְיךָ לָאֵל I am
in the proportion of thee as regards God, i.e. I stand towards God even as thou dost. As
conjunction,
כְּפִי אֲשֶׁר,
Malachi 2:9 כְּפִי אֲשֶׁר אֵינְכֶם שֹׁמְרִים אֶת־דְּרָכַי accusative asye do not keep, etc.; and without
אשׁר Zechariah 2:4 [
Zechariah 1:21]
כְּפִי אִישׁ־לֹא נָשָׂא ראֹשׁוֹ in such proportion that none did lift up his head (but We Now
אֲשֶׁר for
אִישׁ, that it, Judah, did not, etc.).
c. לְפִי, nearly the same with
כְּפִי (see
לְ 5 i b), but more common (compare Aramaic
לְפוּם,
):
d. עַל פִּי :
(1) according to (עַל 1 f a) the mouth of, i.e.
(2) according to the measure of, in accordance with,
Genesis 43:7 we told him
על פי הדברים האלה according to these words (i.e. the questions Joseph asked),
Exodus 34:27 in accordance with these words,
Leviticus 27:8 עלפֿי אשׁר תַּשִּׂיג יַד הנֹּדֵר according to what the hand of the vower can reach to,
Leviticus 27:18 (compare
לְפִי Leviticus 25:16,
Leviticus 25:51),
Deuteronomy 17:10,
Deuteronomy 17:11;
2 Samuel 13:32 (but see
שׂוּמָה),
Proverbs 22:6 חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר על פי דרכו. In the same sense
פִּי אֶל,
Joshua 15:13;
Joshua 17:4;
Joshua 21:3.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H6433.
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