What does פֵּאָה mean in the Bible?
e. direction , region , extremity".
Hebrew · H6285
פֵּאָה
Properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction , region , extremity
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פֵּאָה H6285
What does פֵּאָה mean in the Bible?
פֵּאָה is a Hebrew word meaning "properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction , region , extremity".
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How does the BSB render H6285?
The BSB source-word alignment has 86 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include side (34), . . . (19), - (8), boundary (4), corners (2).
Where does פֵּאָה appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 25:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (47), Exodus (15), Joshua (6), Leviticus (6).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It side 34× Exodus 26:18, Exodus 26:20, Exodus 27:9, Exodus 27:11
. . . 19× Ezekiel 41:12, Ezekiel 48:2, Ezekiel 48:3, Ezekiel 48:4
- 8× Numbers 35:5, Ezekiel 48:24, Ezekiel 48:25, Ezekiel 48:26
boundary 4× Ezekiel 47:17, Ezekiel 47:18, Ezekiel 47:19, Ezekiel 47:20
corners 2× Exodus 25:26, Exodus 37:13
from 2× Joshua 15:5, Ezekiel 48:8
[having just] the corner 1× Amos 3:12
at the sides 1× Leviticus 19:27
border 1× Numbers 34:3
his hairline 1× Leviticus 13:41
of their temples 1× Jeremiah 9:26
shave off the edges 1× Leviticus 21:5
the 1× Ezekiel 48:23
the corners [of their hair] 1× Jeremiah 25:23
the edges 1× Leviticus 19:27
the foreheads 1× Jeremiah 48:45
the skulls 1× Numbers 24:17
their temples 1× Jeremiah 49:32
to the edges 1× Leviticus 23:22
to the very edges 1× Leviticus 19:9
to them every corner of the land 1× Nehemiah 9:22
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 25:26 הַפֵּאֹ֔ת to corners Article | Noun - feminine plural Exodus 26:18 לִפְאַ֖ת to side Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct Exodus 26:20 לִפְאַ֣ת to side Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct Exodus 27:9 לִפְאַ֣ת to side Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct Exodus 27:9 לַפֵּאָ֖ה to side Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Exodus 27:11 לִפְאַ֤ת to side Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct Exodus 27:12 לִפְאַת־ to side Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct Exodus 27:13 לִפְאַ֛ת to side Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct Exodus 36:23 לִפְאַ֖ת to side Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct Exodus 36:25 לִפְאַ֣ת to side Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 25:26
Aligned rows 86
Books represented 8
Exodus 15 Leviticus 6 Numbers 6 Joshua 6 Nehemiah 1 Jeremiah 4 Ezekiel 47 Amos 1
Source forms
פְּאַת־ 21x pə·’aṯ- Numbers 34:3, Numbers 35:5, Joshua 18:14, Ezekiel 47:19
מִפְּאַ֥ת 12x mip·pə·’aṯ Ezekiel 48:2, Ezekiel 48:3, Ezekiel 48:4, Ezekiel 48:5
וּפְאַת־ 5x ū·p̄ə·’aṯ- Joshua 18:15, Ezekiel 47:20, Ezekiel 48:16, Ezekiel 48:33
פְּאַ֥ת 5x pə·’aṯ Leviticus 19:9, Leviticus 19:27, Numbers 35:5, Ezekiel 47:17
פְּאַ֣ת 4x pə·’aṯ Jeremiah 48:45, Ezekiel 41:12, Ezekiel 48:16, Ezekiel 48:32
לִפְאַ֣ת 3x lip̄·’aṯ Exodus 26:20, Exodus 27:9, Exodus 36:25
לִפְאַת־ 3x lip̄·’aṯ- Exodus 27:12, Joshua 18:14, Joshua 18:20
הַפֵּאֹ֔ת 2x hap·pê·’ōṯ Exodus 25:26, Exodus 37:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine singular construct 34x Leviticus 19:9, Leviticus 19:27, Leviticus 23:22, Numbers 34:3
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct 16x Leviticus 13:41, Ezekiel 45:7, Ezekiel 48:2, Ezekiel 48:3
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct 14x Exodus 26:18, Exodus 26:20, Exodus 27:9, Exodus 27:11
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct 8x Leviticus 21:5, Joshua 18:15, Ezekiel 47:18, Ezekiel 47:19
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct 3x Exodus 38:11, Exodus 38:12, Exodus 38:13
Noun - feminine singular 3x Jeremiah 9:26, Jeremiah 25:23, Jeremiah 49:32
Article | Noun - feminine plural 2x Exodus 25:26, Exodus 37:13
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct 2x Ezekiel 45:7, Ezekiel 48:16
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction , region , extremity
Source Gloss
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction , region , extremity
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity BDB: corner Usage: corner, end, quarter, side.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
פֵּאָה is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain