BDB6536
פֶּה485 noun masculine Josh 9:2 mouth (probably biliteral [פו, פי] Sta§ 183; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician לפי according to; Assyrian pû, mouth; Arabic [untranscribed source text 4171], [untranscribed source text 4172], [untranscribed source text 4173]; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 4174]; Syriac [untranscribed source text 4175] according to; but also Arabic [untranscribed source text 4176], [untranscribed source text 4177], [untranscribed source text 4178], Biblical Aramaic פֻּם, ᵑ7 פּוּמָא; Syriac [untranscribed source text 4179]; Mandean פומא NöM § 87); — absolute ׳ פ Exod 4:10 +, construct פִּי Isa 1:20 +; suffix 1 singular פִּי Gen 45:12 +, 2 masculine singular פִּיךָ Gen 41:40 +, 3 masculine singular פִּיו Gen 25:28 +, פִּיהוּ Exod 4:15 +, 3 masculine plural פִּיהֶם Judg 7:6 +, פִּימוֺ Ps 17:10 + 2 t., etc.; plural פִּיּוֺת Prov 5:4, (שְׁנֵי) פֵיוֺת Judg 3:16, פִּיפִיּוֺת Isa 41:15; Ps 149:6 פִּים 1Sam 13:21 (corrupt, see Dr and others); —
1.
a.
mouth, of man, organ of eating and drinking Gen 25:28; Judg 7:6; 1Sam 14:26; 1Sam 14:27; Neh 9:20; Prov 19:24 = Prov 26:15
+; figurative as finding things sweet Job 20:12; Ps 119:103 figurative of earth Gen 4:11, swallowing Korah, etc. Num 16:30;
Num 16:32;
Num 26:10;
Deut 11:6
figurative also of Sh®°ôl, וּפָֽעֲרָה פִיהָ
Isa 5:14,
compare Ps 69:16
.
b. external organ, וַיָּשֶׂם פִּיו עַלפִּֿיו
2Kgs 4:34;
Prov 30:20
of kissing 1Kgs 19:18; Song 1:2, וַתִּשַּׁק יָדִי לְפִי
Job 31:27
compare phrase שִׂים יָד עַלפֶּֿה (of keeping silence) Judg 18:19; Mic 7:16; Job 21:5, compare Job 29:9; Job 40:4; Prov 30:32
of mocking triumph ׳
פָּעַר עָלַי בְּפ
Job 16:10
עַל
׳
הִרְחִיב פ
Ps 35:21;
Isa 57:4, also
רָחַב פִּי עַל
1Sam 2:1.
c. of ׳
י in theophany, sending out fire 2Sam 22:9 = Ps 18:9.
2.
a.
much oftener, as organ of speech, of man:
׳
פ speaks Gen 45:12; 2Sam 1:16; Isa 9:16; Job 9:20; Job 15:5; Job 15:6; Ps 37:30 +; speak בְּמוֺפִֿי
Job 19:16
open
׳
פ, ׳
אֶליֿ
Judg 11:35;
Judg 11:36,
absolute Job 3:1;
Job 33:2 +;
shut
׳
פ (be silent) Isa 52:15, compare ׳
חָשַׂךְ פ
Job 7:11, and
(of
iniquity, personified) ׳
קָצַף פ
Job 5:16; Ps 107:42
guard ׳
פ,
Prov 13:3 (נָצַר), Prov 21:23 (שָׁמַר), compare ׳
שָׁמַר פִּתְחֵי פ
Mic 7:5, also Ps 39:2 (see
שׁמר
); words, etc., are in (ב) mouth 2Sam 17:5; 2Sam 18:25; Deut 30:14; 1Kgs 17:24
׳
שִׂים דְּבָרִים בְּפ
2Sam 14:3;
2Sam 14:19
;
Exod 4:15, also
(God subject) Num
22:38;
Num
23:12;
Num
23:16 +; of utterance ׳
יָצָא מִפּ
Judg 11:36;
Num 30:3; Num 32:24;
+; depart from mouth (cease to be mentioned) ׳
מוּשׁ מִפּ
Josh 1:8; Isa 59:21,
compare ׳
נִכְרַת מִפּ
Jer 7:28,
לֹא יִשָּׁמַע עַלפִּֿיךָ
Exod 23:13
׳
אִמְרֵי פ
Deut 32:1
words of my mouth, so Job 8:2; Ps 19:15; Ps 54:4
׳
דְּבְרֵי פ
Ps 36:4; Eccl 10:12
of
agency, ׳
כְּפּ
by the mouth of
2Chr 36:21
;
2Chr 36:22
=
׳
מִפּ
Ezra 1:1
דִּכֶּר פִּיו עִםפִּֿיו
Jer 32:4
speak mouth to mouth = Jer 34:3
׳
פ = speech, sayings
Isa 29:13;
Ps 49:14;
Eccl 10:3
׳
כְּבַד פ
Exod 4:10
heavy of speech (not eloquent); ׳
אֶהְיֶה עִםפֿ Exod 4:12 Exod 4:15, i.e. aid thee in speaking; ׳
יִהְיֶהלְּֿךָ לְפ Exod 4:16
he shall be mouth for thee; מִפִּיו יִקְרָא אֵלַי
Jer 36:18,
i.e. dictate; ׳
כָּתַב מִפּ see
כָּתַב
1.b. (3); bad qualities ascribed to it, ׳
עִקְּשׁוּת פ
Prov 4:24
; Prov 6:12
פִּי תַהְפֻּכוֺת
Prov 8:13
פֶּה חָלָק
Prov 26:28
׳
אַלתַּֿגְדֵּל פ
Obad 1:12
, compare Mic
6:12; Ezek 35:13.
b. as laughing Job 8:21; Ps 126:2 panting Ps
119:131.
c. of God; his mouth speaks Isa 1:20; Isa 40:5; Jer 9:11 +; he speaks
׳
בְּפ
1Kgs 8:15
; 1Kgs 8:34
word proceeds ׳
מִפּ
Deut 8:3; Isa 45:23
+; פֶּה אֶלפֶּֿה אֲדַכֵּר כּוֺ
Num 12:8 he
creates בְּרוּחַ פִּיו
Ps 33:6 he
executes judgment כְּשֵׁבֶט פִּיו
Isa 11:4
especially = command:
׳
עָבַר אֶתפִּֿי י
1Sam 15:24
; Num
14:41, compare Num 22:18; Prov 8:29
׳
פ (אֶתֿ) מָרָה
1Sam 12:14
; 1Sam
12:15;
Num 20:24; 1Kgs 13:21 +; compare 6.d.
d.
of idols, Ps 115:5; Ps 136:16; Ps 136:17.
e. of musical
instrument = sound
Amos 6:5 (compare 6.d.).
3. of animals: bird Gen 8:11 (carrying), Isa 10:14 (chirping); ass Num 22:28 (speaking); bear, lion 1Sam 17:35
(seizing), Amos 3:12
(id.), hippop. Job 40:23 (drinking), crocodile Job 41:11; Job 41:13 (breathing flame); also of human foes,
under figure of ravenous beasts Ps 22:22; Ezek 21:27; Ezek 34:10
פָּצָה
עַל
׳
פ
Ps 22:14; Lam 2:16; Lam 3:46 hence of
edge of sword, חֶרֶב פִּיּוֺת
Prov 5:4
a sword with edges (in simile), = ׳
ח
פִּיפִיּוֺת
Ps 149:6
compare Judg 3:16
see also 6.c. (2), below; בַּעַל פִּיפִיּוֺת
Isa 41:15
, of מוֺרַג.
4.
mouth = opening, orifice; of well Gen 29:2; Gen 29:3 (twice in verse); Gen 29:8; Gen 29:10 cave Josh 10:18; Josh 10:22; Josh 10:27
ravine, abyss
Jer 48:28 (si vera lectio, compare Gie); also of
Sh®°ôl
Ps 141:7 of
a sack Gen 42:27
; Gen 43:12
; Gen 43:21
; Gen 44:1
; Gen 44:2; Gen 44:8 ephah
Zech 5:8
high-priest's robe
Exod 28:32 + 5 t., compare probably Ps 133:2 tunic Job 30:18 of a round opening also
1Kgs 7:31 (3
t. in verse) (on text and meaning see Benz
Kit); of mouth of Nile Isa 19:7 (others
brink); gate of city Prov 8:3 (but read perhaps לִפְנֵי, see Toy).
5.
a.
extremity, end
פֶּה לָפֶה
from end to end, of a temple 2Kgs 10:21 city 2Kgs 21:16, מִפֶּה אֶלפֶּֿה
of land Ezra 9:11
.
b. = portion, פִּי
שְׁנַיִם
Deut 21:17;
2Kgs 2:9; Zech 13:8.
6. with prepositions: —
a.
אֶל פִּי, see below d. (2).
b.
כְּפִי: (a) according to the command of, 1Chr 12:23
(
b) according to the mouth of, i.e. in proportion to
(compare Assyrian
ki-i pi-i,
DlHWB 325), Exod 16:21 they gathered it אִישׁ
כְּפִי אָכְלוֺ
each in proportion to his eating (Exod 16:16 Exod 16:18
לְפִי), Lev 25:52
כְּפִי
שָׁנָיו
according to the number of his years (compare Lev 25:16
לְפִי);
Num 6:21; Num
7:5
אִישׁ כְּפִי עֲבֹדָתוֺ (so 2Chr 31:2), 2Chr 7:7; 2Chr 7:8; 2Chr 35:8 (all
P
); Job 33:6
הֵןאֲֿנִי כְפִיךָ 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, Mal
2:9
כְּפי אֲשֶׁר אֵינְכֶם שֹׁמְרִים אֶתדְּֿרָכַי
accusative asye do not keep, etc.; and without אשׁר
Zech 2:4
כְּפִי אִישׁלֹֿא נָשָׂא ראֹשׁוֺ
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,
[untranscribed source text 4180]): (1) Gen 47:12
לְפִי הַטָּ֑ף, Exod 12:4 ye shall compute אִישׁ לְפִי אָכְלוֺ each
according to his eating (according to the quantity which his family will consume),
Exod 16:16
; Exod
16:18;
Lev 25:16
לְפִי רֹב הַשָּׁנִים, Lev 25:16 Lev 25:51; Lev 27:16
לְפִי זַרְעוֺ, Num 26:54; Josh 18:4; 1Kgs 17:1 except לְפִי דְבָרִי, Hos 10:12
קִצְרוּ לְפִי חֶסֶד (|| לִצְדָקָה), Prov 12:8; Prov 27:2: followed by
infinitive Num
9:17
לְפִי הֵעָלוֺת הֶעָנָן = accusative as the cloud was lifted up, Jer 29:10
. (2) in the phrase לְפִי חֶרֶב
according to the mouth, or measure, of the sword, i.e. as the
sword devours, without quarter, Gen 34:26; Exod 17:13; Num 21:24 + often d.
עַל
פִּי: (1) according to (עַל
1.f.
a) the mouth of, i.e. (α) the
command of, Gen
41:40;
Gen 45:21;
Exod 17:1; Exod
38:21; Num
3:16; Num
3:39 + (especially
P
),
2Kgs 23:35 (β) the evidence or sentence of, Deut 17:6
עַלפִּֿי עֵד אֶחָד, Deut 19:15; Deut 21:5 (on עַלפִּֿי
הַנָּ֑בֶל
Amos 6:5
, see 2.e. above). (2) according to
the
measure of, in accordance with, Gen 43:7 we told him
על פי הדברים האלה
according to these words (i.e. the questions Joseph asked), Exod 34:27
in accordance with these words, Lev 27:8
עלפֿי אשׁר
תַּשִּׂיג יַד הנֹּדֵר
according to what the hand of the vower can reach to, Lev 27:18 (compare לְפִי
Lev 25:16;
Lev 25:51),
Deut 17:10;
Deut 17:11;
2Sam 13:32
(but see
שׂוּמָה
), Prov
22:6
חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר על פי דרכו. In the same sense אֶל פִּי,
Josh 15:13;
Josh 17:4;
Josh 21:3.