From pa'ah; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to -- accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
see HEBREW pa'ah
H6310. peh
מֶּה485 noun masculineJoshua 9:2 mouth (probably biliteral [פי פו,] Sta§ 183; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician לפי according to; Assyrian pû, mouth; Arabic , , ; Ethiopic ; Syriac according to; but also Arabic , , , Biblical Aramaic מּוּמָא ᵑ7 מֻּם,; Syriac ; Mandean פומא NöM § 87); — absolute ׳פ Exodus 4:10 +, construct מִּי Isaiah 1:20 +; suffix 1 singular מִּי Genesis 45:12 +, 2 masculine singular מִּיךָ 41:40 +, 3 masculine singular מִּיו 25:28 +, מִּיהוּ Exodus 4:15 +, 3 masculine plural מִּיהֶם Judges 7:6 +, מִּימוֺ Psalm 17:10 2t., etc.; plural מִּיּוֺת Proverbs 5:4, פֵיוֺת (שְׁנֵי) Judges 3:16, מִּיפִיּוֺת Isaiah 41:15; Psalm 149:6; מִּים 1 Samuel 13:21 (corrupt, see Dr and others); —
1. a. mouth, of man, organ of eating and drinking Genesis 25:28; Judges 7:6; 1 Samuel 14:26-27, Nehemiah 9:20; Proverbs 19:24 = 26:15 +; figurative as finding things sweet Job 20:12; Psalm 119:103; figurative of earth Genesis 4:11, swallowing Korah, etc. Numbers 16:30, 32; 26:10; Deuteronomy 11:6; figurative also of Sh®°ôl, פִיהָ וּפָֽעֲרָה Isaiah 5:14, compare Psalm 69:16.
b. external organ, עַלמִּֿיו מִּיו וַיָּשֶׂם 2 Kings 4:34; Proverbs 30:20; of kissing 1 Kings 19:18; Song of Solomon 1:2, לְפִי יָדִי וַתִּשַּׁק Job 31:27; compare phrase עַלמֶּֿה יָד שִׂים (of keeping silence) Judges 18:19; Micah 7:16; Job 21:5, compare 29:9; 40:4; Proverbs 30:32; of mocking triumph בְּפ עָלַי ׳מָּעַר Job 16:10; פ ׳הִרְחִיב עַל Psalm 35:21; Isaiah 57:4, also עַל מִּי רָחַב 1 Samuel 2:1.
c. of ׳י in theoph., sending out fire 2 Samuel 22:9 = Psalm 18:9.
2. a. much oftener, as organ of speech, of man: ׳פ speaks Genesis 45:12; 2 Samuel 1:16; Isaiah 9:16; Job 9:20; 15:5-6, Psalm 37:30 +; speak בְּמוֺפִֿי Job 19:16; open ׳אֶליֿ ׳פ, Judges 11:35-36, absolute Job 3:1; 33:2 +; shut ׳פ (be silent) Isaiah 52:15, compare פ ׳חָשַׂךְ Job 7:11, and (of iniquity, personified) פ ׳קָצַף 5:16; Psalm 107:42; guard ׳פ, Proverbs 13:3 (נָצַר), 21:23 (שָׁמַר), compare פ מִּתְחֵי ׳שָׁמַר Micah 7:5, also Psalm 39:2 (see שׁמר); words, etc., are in (ב) mouth 2 Samuel 17:5; 18:25; Deuteronomy 30:14; 1 Kings 17:24; בְּפ דְּבָרִים ׳שִׂים 2 Samuel 14:3, 19; Exodus 4:15, also (God subject) Numbers 22:38; 23:12, 16 +; of utterance מִמּ ׳יָצָא Judges 11:36; Numbers 30:3; 32:24; Joshua 6:10 +; depart from mouth (cease to be mentioned) מִמּ ׳מוּשׁ 1:8; Isaiah 59:21, compare מִמּ ׳נִכְרַת Jeremiah 7:28, עַלמִּֿיךָ יִשָּׁמַע לֹא Exodus 23:13; פ ׳אִמְרֵי Deuteronomy 32:1 words of my mouth, so Job 8:2; Psalm 19:15; Psalm 54:4; פ ׳דְּבְרֵי 36:4; Ecclesiastes 10:12; of agency, ׳כְּמּ by the mouth of2 Chronicles 36:21-22, = ׳מִמּ Ezra 1:1; עִםמִּֿיו מִּיו דִּכֶּר Jeremiah 32:4 speak mouth to mouth = 34:3; ׳פ = speech, sayings Isaiah 29:13; Psalm 49:14; Ecclesiastes 10:3; פ ׳כְּבַד Exodus 4:10 heavy of speech (not eloquent); עִםפֿ ׳אֶהְיֶה 4:12; 4:15, i.e. aid thee in speaking; לְפ ׳יִהְיֶהלְּֿךָ 4:16 he shall be mouth for thee; אֵלַי יִקְרָא מִמִּיו Jeremiah 36:18, i.e. dictate; מִמּ ׳כָּתַב see כָּתַב 1b (3); bad qualities ascribed to it, פ ׳עִקְּשׁוּת Proverbs 4:24; 6:12; תַהְמֻּכוֺת מִּי 8:13; חָלָק מֶּה 26:28; פ ׳אַלתַּֿגְדֵּל Obadiah 12, compare Micah 6:12; Ezekiel 35:13.
b. as laughing Job 8:21; Psalm 126:2; panting 119:131.
c. of God; his mouth speaks Isaiah 1:20; 40:5; Jeremiah 9:11 +; he speaks ׳בְּפ 1 Kings 8:15, 34; word proceeds ׳מִמּ Deuteronomy 8:3; Isaiah 45:23 +; כּוֺ אֲדַכֵּר אֶלמֶּֿה מֶּה Numbers 12:8; he creates מִּיו בְּרוּחַ Psalm 33:6; he executes judgment מִּיו כְּשֵׁבֶט Isaiah 11:4; especially = command: י אֶתמִּֿי ׳עָבַר 1 Samuel 15:24; Numbers 14:41, compare 22:18; Proverbs 8:29; ׳פ (אֶתֿ) מָרָה 1 Samuel 12:14-15, Numbers 20:24; 1 Kings 13:21 +; compare
d. of idols, Psalm 115:5; 136:16; 136:17.
e. of musical instrument = sound Amos 6:5 (compare 6d).
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.), hippop. Job 40:23 (drinking), crocodile 41:11; 41:13 (breathing flame); also of human foes, under figure of ravenous beasts Psalm 22:22; Ezekiel 21:27; 34:10; ׳פ עַל מָּצָה Psalm 22:14; Lamentations 2:16; 3:46; hence of edge of sword, מִּיּוֺת חֶרֶב Proverbs 5:4 a sword with edges (in simile), = מִּיפִיּוֺת ׳ח Psalm 149:6; compare Judges 3:16; see also 6c (2), below; מִּיפִיּוֺת בַּעַל Isaiah 41:15, of מוֺרַג.
4 mouth = opening, orifice; of well Genesis 29:2-3,(twice in verse); 29:8, 10; cave Joshua 10:18, 22, 27; ravine, abyss Jeremiah 48:28 (si vera lectio, compare Gie); also of Sh®°ôl Psalm 141:7; of a sack Genesis 42:27; 43:12, 21; 44:1-2, 8; ephah Zechariah 5:8; high-priest's robe Exodus 28:32 5t., compare probably Psalm 133:2; tunic Job 30:18; of a round opening also 1 Kings 7:31 (3 t. 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. a. extremity, end לָפֶה מֶּה from end to end, of a temple 2 Kings 10:21; city 21:16, אֶלמֶּֿה מִמֶּה of land Ezra 9:11.
b. = portion, שְׁנַיִם מִּי Deuteronomy 21:17; 2 Kings 2:9; Zechariah 13:8.
6 with prepositions: —
a. מִּי אֶל, see below
d (2).
b. כְּפִי: (a) according to the command of, 1 Chronicles 12:23; (b) according to the mouth of, i.e. in proportion to (compare Assyrian ki-i pi-i, DlHWB 325), Exodus 16:21 they gathered it אָכְלוֺ כְּפִי אִישׁ each in proportion to his eating (16:16; 16:18 לְפִי), Leviticus 25:52 שָׁנָיו כְּפִי according to the number of his years (compare 25:16 לְפִי); Numbers 6:21; 7:5 עֲבֹדָתוֺ כְּפִי אִישׁ (so 2 Chronicles 31:2), 7:7-8, 35:8 (all P); Job 33:6 לָאֵל כְפִיךָ הֵןאֲֿנִי I am in the proportion of thee as regards God, i.e. I stand towards God even as thou dost. As
conjunction, אֲשֶׁר כְּפִי, Malachi 2:9 אֶתדְּֿרָכַי שֹׁמְרִים אֵינְכֶם אֲשֶׁר כְּפי accusative asye do not keep, etc.; and without אשׁר Zechariah 2:4 ראֹשׁוֺ נָשָׂא אִישׁלֹֿא כְּפִי 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
5i b), but more common (compare Aramaic לְפוּם, ): (1) Genesis 47:12 הַטָּ֑ף לְפִי, Exodus 12:4 ye shall compute אָכְלוֺ לְפִי אִישׁ each according to his eating (according to the quantity which his family will consume), 16:16, 18; Leviticus 25:16 הַשָּׁנִים רֹב לְפִי, 25:16; 25:51; 27:16 זַרְעוֺ לְפִי, Numbers 26:54; Joshua 18:4; 1 Kings 17:1 except דְבָרִי לְפִי, Hosea 10:12 חֶסֶד לְפִי קִצְרוּ ("" לִצְדָקָה), Proverbs 12:8; 27:2: followed by infinitive Numbers 9:17 הֶעָנָן הֵעָלוֺת לְפִי = accusative as the cloud was lifted up, Jeremiah 29:10. (2) in the phrase חֶרֶב לְפִי according to the mouth, or measure, of the sword, i.e. as the sword devours, without quarter, Genesis 34:26; Exodus 17:13; Numbers 21:24 +?
d. מִּי עַל: (1) according to (עַל
1f a) the mouth of, i.e. (a) the command of, Genesis 41:40; 45:21; Exodus 17:1; 38:21; Numbers 3:16, 39 + (especially P), 2 Kings 23:35; (β) the evidence or sentence of, Deuteronomy 17:6 אֶחָד עֵד עַלמִּֿי, 19:15; 21:5 (on הַנָּ֑בֶל עַלמִּֿי Amos 6:5, see
2e above). (2) according to the measure of, in accordance with, Genesis 43:7 we told him האלה הדברים פי על according to these words (i.e. the questions Joseph asked), Exodus 34:27 in accordance with these words, Leviticus 27:8 הנֹּדֵר יַד תַּשִּׂיג אשׁר עלפֿי according to what the hand of the vower can reach to, 27:18 (compare לְפִי 25:16, 51), Deuteronomy 17:10-11, 2 Samuel 13:32 (but see שׂוּמָה), Proverbs 22:6 דרכו פי על לַנַּעַר חֲנֹךְ. In the same sense מִּי אֶל, Joshua 15:13; 17:4; 21:3.
מֻּם noun masculineDaniel 7:8 mouth (compare Biblical Hebrew מֶּה; on form see K§ 61, 2) M§ 76f.); — ׳פ absolute 7:8, 20, construct 4:28 +, suffix מֻּמֵּהּ (on form see Kl.c. NöZur Gram. d. Class. Arabic 15 (1896) (expansion of biliteral √), BaZMG xii (1887), 633 f.) 7:5; — mouth of king 4:28, lions 6:23, beast (in vision) 7:5, horn (ib.) 7:8; 7:20; mouth of pit 6:18.
מַּס see פסם. below