פֵּאָה86 noun feminine corner, side (part cut off, 'Abschnitt,' according to Schröter in MeiArchiv. i. 461 BaZMG xii (1887), 615 BuhlLex, but perhaps biliteral, NöM. 485 Sta§ 185, and not from √ פאה; compare Arabic company, etc. (Nöl. e.); Assyrian pâtu, side, edge, border, see especially MeissnSuppl. 74; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic פָּאתָא, ); — absolute ׳פ [Jer 9:25] + 4 t.; construct פְּאַת [Amos 3:12] + 77 t.; plural absolute פֵּאֹת [Exod 25:26]; [Exod 37:23] dual construct פַּאֲַתֵי [Num 24:17] (but read probably פְּאַת as || [Jer 48:45]); —
1. corner of divan [Amos 3:12] table [Exod 25:26]; [Exod 37:23] field [Lev 19:9]; [Lev 23:22] (H); land (probably) וַתַּחְלְקֵם לְפֵאָה [Neh 9:22], i.e. into every corner; ראֹשְׁכֶם ׳פ [Lev 19:27] (i.e. your temples), זְקָנֶ֑ךָ ׳פ v[Lev 19:27] compare [Lev 21:5] (all H); פֵאָה קְצוּצֵי those clipped on the temples [Jer 9:25]; [Jer 25:23]; [Jer 49:32] (epithet of Arabian tribes, Herod.iii, 8 WMMAs.u.Eur.140 f. WeSkizzen iii. 119; Heid. 2, 198); temples of Moab (under figure of man) [Num 24:17] (JE) [Jer 48:45].
2. side:
\ \ a. usually of Ezekiel's temple, the tabernacle, the holy city and the land, or its subdivisions (only Ezek 41-48 [47 t.] and P [26 t.]): in plur. פְּאַת קָדִ֫ימ(הׅ East side [Ezek 47:18] + 17 t. Ezekiel, = ׳קֵדְמָה פ [Exod 27:13] + 3 t. P and [Ezek 45:7] (see Co Toy); ׳צָפ֫וֺנ(ה) פ North side [Ezek 47:15]; [Exod 26:20] + 9 t.; נֶגֶב ׳ֶ נ֫גְבָּה) פ South side [Ezek 47:19] (twice in verse); [Exod 27:9] + 8 t.; יָם ׳(יָ֫מָּה) פ West side [Ezek 45:7]; [Exod 27:12] + 21 t. + דֶּרֶךְֿ ׳הַיָּם פ [Ezek 41:12] (also קָדִים הַיָּם ׳פ [Ezek 48:1]); absolute only לַפֵּאָה הָאֶחָת [Exod 27:9].
\ \ b. פְּאַת פָּנָיו [Lev 13:41] side (border) of his face (forehead and temples; P).
פאם see פימה
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