The meaning of “פֵּאָה”
Understanding pêʼâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
feminine of פֹּה corner, end, quarter, side. - properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity ...
פֵּאָה
feminine of פֹּה corner, end, quarter, side. - properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity 1) corner, edge, side, quarter, extremity 1a) corner 1b) side
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 36:23 | “And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:” Word: פֵּאָה (pêʼâh) | |
| Leviticus 19:27 | “Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.” Word: פֵּאָה (pêʼâh) | |
| Numbers 34:3 | “Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:” Word: פֵּאָה (pêʼâh) | |
| Joshua 18:14 | “And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth–horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath–baal, which is Kirjath–jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.” Word: פֵּאָה (pêʼâh) | |
| Nehemiah 9:22 | “Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.” Word: פֵּאָה (pêʼâh) |
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