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Strong's #6437 - פָּנָה

Transliteration

pânâh

Phonetics

paw-naw'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1782

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to turn
1. (Qal)
  1. to turn toward or from or away
  2. to turn and do
  3. to turn, decline (of day)
  4. to turn toward, approach (of evening)
  5. to turn and look, look, look back or at or after or for
2. (Piel) to turn away, put out of the way, make clear, clear away
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to turn
  2. to make a turn, show signs of turning, turn back
4. (Hophal) to be turned back

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1781 ‑ ἐντέλλω (en‑tel'‑lom‑ahee); 190 ‑ ἀκολουθέω (ak‑ol‑oo‑theh'‑o); 308 ‑ ἀναβλέπω (an‑ab‑lep'‑o); 578 ‑ ἀποβλέπω (ap‑ob‑lep'‑o); 1578 ‑ ἐκκλίνω (ek‑klee'‑no); 1587 ‑ ἐκλείπω (ek‑li'‑po); 1593 ‑ ἐκνεύω (ek‑nyoo'‑o); 1689 ‑ ἐμβλέπω (em‑blep'‑o); 1811 ‑ ἐξακολουθέω (ex‑ak‑ol‑oo‑theh'‑o); 2014 ‑ ἐπιφαίνω (ep‑ee‑fah'ee‑no); 2597 ‑ καταβαίνω (kat‑ab‑ah'ee‑no); 2827 ‑ κλίνω (klee'‑no); 3179 ‑ μεθίστημι (meth‑is'‑tay‑mee, ‑is‑tan'‑o); 3708 ‑ ὁράω (hor‑ah'‑o); 3729 ‑ ὁρμάω (hor‑mah'‑o); 4017 ‑ περιβλέπω (per‑ee‑blep'‑o); 4105 ‑ πλανάω (plan‑ah'‑o); 4337 ‑ προσέχω (pros‑ekh'‑o); 5290 ‑ ὑποστρέφω (hoop‑os‑tref'‑o); 5342 ‑ φέρω (fer'‑o); 1872 ‑ ἐπακολουθέω (ep‑ak‑ol‑oo‑theh'‑o); 390 ‑ ἀναστρέφω (an‑as‑tref'‑o); 4887 ‑ συνδέω (soon‑deh'‑o); 643 ‑ ἀποσκευάζω (ap‑osk‑yoo‑ad'‑zo); 2090 ‑ ἑτοιμάζω (het‑oy‑mad'‑zo); 3596 ‑ ὁδοιπορέω (hod‑oy‑por‑eh'‑o); 654 ‑ ἀποστρέφω (ap‑os‑tref'‑o); 4762 ‑ στρέφω (stref'‑o); 991 ‑ βλέπω (blep'‑o); 1914 ‑ ἐπιβλέπω (ep‑ee‑blep'‑o); 1994 ‑ ἐπιστρέφω (ep‑ee‑stref'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (132)

Genesis 4

Exodus 6

Leviticus 5

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 16

Joshua 5

Judges 9

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 8

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 9

Job 5

Psalms 9

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 10

Ezekiel 13

Hosea 1

Zephaniah 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 2

BSB (128)

Genesis 4

Exodus 6

Leviticus 5

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 16

Joshua 5

Judges 9

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 8

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 9

Job 5

Psalms 9

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 10

Ezekiel 14

Hosea 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 2

CSB (115)

Genesis 3

Exodus 6

Leviticus 5

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 15

Joshua 4

Judges 8

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 8

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 8

Job 5

Psalms 9

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 10

Ezekiel 14

Hosea 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 2

ESV (133)

Genesis 4

Exodus 6

Leviticus 5

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 16

Joshua 5

Judges 9

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 8

2 Kings 5

2 Chronicles 9

Job 5

Psalms 9

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 10

Ezekiel 14

Hosea 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 2

KJV (135)

Genesis 4

Exodus 6

Leviticus 5

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 16

Joshua 5

Judges 9

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 8

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 9

Job 5

Psalms 9

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 10

Ezekiel 14

Hosea 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 2

LEB (134)

Genesis 4

Exodus 6

Leviticus 5

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 16

Joshua 4

Judges 9

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 8

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 9

Job 5

Psalms 9

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 10

Ezekiel 14

Hosea 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 2

LSB (146)

Genesis 5

Exodus 5

Leviticus 5

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 18

Joshua 5

Judges 8

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 9

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 10

Job 5

Psalms 10

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 9

Jeremiah 16

Ezekiel 12

Hosea 1

Nahum 2

Zephaniah 2

Haggai 1

Malachi 2

N95 (134)

Genesis 5

Exodus 5

Leviticus 5

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 17

Joshua 5

Judges 8

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 9

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 10

Job 5

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 9

Jeremiah 15

Ezekiel 12

Hosea 1

Nahum 2

Zephaniah 2

Haggai 1

Malachi 2

NAS (150)

Genesis 5

Exodus 5

Leviticus 5

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 18

Joshua 5

Judges 9

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 9

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 10

Job 5

Psalms 9

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 9

Jeremiah 15

Ezekiel 13

Hosea 1

Nahum 2

Zephaniah 2

Haggai 1

Malachi 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (136)

Genesis 4

Exodus 6

Leviticus 5

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 16

Joshua 6

Judges 9

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 4

1 Kings 8

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 9

Job 5

Psalms 9

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 8

Jeremiah 10

Ezekiel 14

Hosea 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 2

ASV (132)

and he looked 1

and he shall prepare 1

and he turned 1

and i turned 2

and i will have respect 1

and it was so, that, when he had turned 1

and look not back 1

and respecteth 1

and they have turned 1

and they turned 3

and thou shalt turn 1

and turn 1

and turned 1

and we turned 1

and when he looked 1

and whithersoever he turned 1

and whithersoever thou turnest thyself 1

appeared 1

are passed away 1

but as for you, turn 1

cometh on 1

declineth 1

for him, he turned 1

for i have prepared 1

for they also are turned back 1

for they have turned 1

for, behold, i am for you, and i will turn 1

he hath cast out 1

he hath regarded 1

her, and that right 1

in 1

in the dawning 1

insomuch that he regardeth 1

it; whithersoever it turneth 1

look 2

look not back 1

looked 7

looked back 1

looking 9

mark 1

me; that i may turn 1

oh turn 1

on them, and had respect 1

ones wilt thou turn 1

prepare 3

regard 1

respect 1

she turneth 1

so he turned 1

so i turned 1

so she turned 1

so they turned 1

that looketh 5

that they empty 1

that they looked 2

that thou shouldest look 1

that turneth 1

thee hence, and turn 1

then i looked 1

then we turned 2

then will they turn 1

therefore they turned 1

thereof shall look 1

they are turned 1

they have all turned 1

they looked 1

they shall turn 2

they turn 2

thou preparedst 1

though they turn 1

to look 1

turn 7

turn away 1

turn thou unto me 1

turned 11

turneth away 1

unto the corner 1

unto them: therefore now turn 1

we have turned 1

when they turn to look 1

which lieth 1

which looked 1

which looketh 2

ye looked 1

ye, turn back 1

yet have thou respect 2

BSB (128)

after looking 1

and at daybreak 1

and he turned 1

and i went back 1

and looking 1

and micah turned 1

approaches 1

are to turn back 1

as saul turned 1

be cleared 1

by turning 1

considered 1

dawns 1

decline 1

early that morning 1

faced 1

faces 2

facing 11

glanced 1

has turned 2

have prepared 1

he has turned back 1

he turned 1

he turns 1

he will turn 1

headed 1

i will turn 2

in turning 1

is fading 1

look 2

looked 1

looking back 1

one turns back 1

prepare 3

regard 1

regards 1

resume 1

shall face 1

she has turned 1

so he turned 1

so i went back 1

so that i may go 1

so they fled 1

that faced 1

that faces 2

the corner 1

then he turned 1

then moses turned 1

then she left 1

then the benjamites turned 1

then they turned 1

then they will turn 1

then we turned 1

then we turned back 1

they have turned 2

they left 1

they looked 2

they turned 1

they will turn 1

to turn 1

turn 12

turn back 2

turned 15

turned around 1

turning 1

turns 2

turns away 2

we turned away 1

when he turned around 1

who will prepare 1

will return 1

will turn 1

will turn back 1

will you turn 1

yet regard 2

you cleared the ground 1

you expected 1

you may return 1

you should show regard 1

you turn 1

CSB (115)

a place 1

approaches 1

around 4

attention 1

away 3

back 7

clear 2

considered 1

ebb away 1

expected 1

face 1

faced 4

faces 6

facing 8

glanced 1

go 1

headed 3

interest 1

is passing 1

left 1

listen 2

look 1

look back 1

looked 2

looking 2

prepare 2

prepared 2

resume 1

retreated 1

return 1

turn 17

turn back 2

turned 26

turning 3

turns 2

turns back 1

ESV (133)

appeared 2

back 3

cleared 2

comes 1

considered 1

corner 1

dawns 1

declines 1

empty 1

face 1

faces 8

facing 9

longer regards 1

look 2

look at 1

looked 9

looked toward 1

pass away 1

prepare 4

prepared 1

regard 2

regard to 1

regards 1

respect 1

show regard 1

to 1

toward 1

turn 26

turn to 1

turned 37

turned to 1

turned toward 2

turning 1

turning away 1

turns 3

turns away 1

wheel faced 1

KJV (135)

appeared 1

aside 1

at 1

away 4

back 6

beholdeth 1

corner 1

dawning 1

empty 1

faces 1

lieth 1

look 10

looked 15

looketh 8

looking 9

mark 1

on 1

out 1

prepare 4

prepared 1

preparedst 1

regard 3

regardeth 1

respect 5

respecteth 1

return 1

right 1

turn 16

turned 33

turnest 1

turneth 3

LEB (134)

⌊at 1

⌊early in 1

⌊pay attention to⌋ 1

⌊that faced 1

⌊when they turned back 1

and does 1

and he turned 2

and he will prepare the way 1

and i turned 2

and i will turn 1

and i will turn you 1

and it will face 1

and then they will turn 1

and they ⌊set out⌋ 1

and they have turned 1

and they looked 1

and they retreated 1

and they shall clear out 1

and they turned 2

and turn 1

and we turned 1

and you may turn 1

are turning 1

as the morning appeared 1

but turn 1

clear 2

considered 1

dwindle away 1

faced 1

facing 11

has turned 1

have prepared 1

have turned 1

have turned away 1

he has turned away 1

he turned 2

he will turn 1

he will turn his attention 1

her ⌊at daybreak⌋ 1

looked 1

make 1

next 1

notice 1

rebelled 1

regards 1

she has turned away 1

so that i may turn 1

that is facing 1

the chambers were facing 1

the corner 1

the gate facing 1

the one facing 1

them and turned 1

then he turned 1

then she turned 1

then they turned 1

then we turned 2

they have turned 1

they turned 3

toward the ⌊coming⌋ of the evening 1

turn 16

turn back 2

turn to me 1

turned 13

turned around 1

turned on 2

turned⌋ 1

turning 2

turns 3

turns aside 1

turns toward 1

was ⌊facing 1

were facing 1

when he turned 1

when he turned around 1

who turns back 1

will turn 1

will you turn 1

you have looked 1

you have paid attention to 1

you must 1

you must regard 1

you prepared 1

you turn 1

LSB (146)

approaches 1

around 2

away 5

back 6

be 1

clear 1

cleared 2

dawns 1

declined 1

declines 1

empty 1

face 3

faced 2

faces 3

facing 12

have 2

look 3

looked 2

prepare 3

prepared 1

regard 4

regards 1

toward 2

turn 27

turned 53

turns 6

N95 (134)

approaches 1

around 1

away 4

back 6

clear 3

cleared 1

considered 1

declines 1

empty 1

face 2

faced 2

faces 3

facing 12

have 2

look 4

looked 9

prepare 1

prepared 1

regard 4

regards 1

toward 1

turn 24

turned 43

turns 6

NAS (150)

approaches 1

around 2

attention 6

away 8

back 5

be 1

clear 3

cleared 2

concerned 1

considered 1

dawns 1

declines 1

departed 1

dwindled 1

empty 1

face 2

faced 2

faces 2

facing 12

gives 1

look 2

looked 8

pay 1

prepare 1

prepared 1

start 1

toward 1

turn 29

turned 46

turns 6

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (136)

and he will prepare 1

and they turned 1

and turned 1

and wherever he turned 1

and wherever you turn yourself 1

and you shall turn 1

appeared 1

comes on 1

court that looks 1

declines 1

for i have prepared 1

for they also are turned back 1

for they have turned 1

has turned 2

have passed away 1

he has responded 1

he has thrown out 1

he looked 1

he turned 1

her at 1

i turned 2

in 1

in the dawning 1

look 2

looked 7

looked back 1

looking 9

ones will you turn 1

prepare 2

shall look 1

she turns 1

so he turned 1

so i turned 1

so she turned 1

so they turned 1

that looks 5

that they empty 1

that they looked 2

that turns 1

that you should look 1

then i looked 1

then we turned 2

then will they turn 1

therefore they turned 1

they are turned 1

they have all turned 1

they have turned 1

they looked 1

they shall turn 1

they turn 1

they turned 2

they will each turn 1

they will turn 1

though they turn 1

to look 1

to the corner 1

turn 6

turn back 1

turn to me 1

turned 10

turns away 2

we turned 1

when he looked 1

when they turn to look 1

which lies 1

which looked 1

which looks 2

yet have respect 2

you cleared 1

you looked 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1382) n p (פנ PN) AC: Turn CO: Face AB: ?: The turning of the face. (eng: fan; spin)

A) n p (פנ PN) AC: ? CO: Corner AB: ?

N^m ) n p (פנ PN) - I. Corner: II. Or:As a turning toward another direction. KJV (6): corner, lest, not, peradventure - Strongs: H6434 (פֵּן), H6435 (פֶּן)

B) n n p (פננ PNN) AC: Turn CO: ? AB: ?

b^m ) n i n p (פנינ PNYN) - Ruby: A gem that glistens when turned. [df: ynp] KJV (6): ruby - Strongs: H6443 (פָּנִי)

C) n p a (אפנ APN) AC: Turn CO: Wheel AB: ?: A turning object.

N^m) n p a (אפנ APN) - Turning: KJV (1): fitly - Strongs: H655 (אֹפֶן)

g^m) n p f a (אופנ AWPN) - Wheel: KJV (36): wheel - Strongs: H212 (אֹפָן)

H) e n p (פנה PNH) AC: Turn CO: Face AB: ?: What turns back and forth.

V) e n p (פנה PNH) - Turn: To turn the face or to turn directions. Also to turn something back or away. KJV (135): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hophal, Piel) turn, look, prepare, regard, respect, look - Strongs: H6437 (פָּנָה)

N^m) e n p (פנה PNH) - Face: The face, also the presence of one through the sense of being in the face of. [Always written in the plural form, minp; Frequently used with the prefix "l ", meaning "to" or "for", meaning "to the face of" or "before"] KJV (2110): face, presence, because, sight, countenance, from, person, upon, of, against, open, for, toward - Strongs: H3942 (לִפְנַי), H6440 (פָּנֶה)

J) n f p (פונ PWN) AC: Turn CO: ? AB: ?

V) n f p (פונ PWN) - Turn: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) distracted - Strongs: H6323 (פּוּן)

M) n i p (פינ PYN) AC: ? CO: Corner AB: ?: A point which makes a turn.

N^f1) e n i p (פינה PYNH) - Corner: KJV (28): corner, chief, tower, bulwark, stay - Strongs: H6438 (פִּנָּה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מָּנָה₁₃₅ verb turn (Late Hebrew id.; Syriac

, ᵑ7מְּנָא; Ethiopic

: Arabic

pass away, banish; compare Sabean פנה (variously) e.g. CIS^{iv. Nos. 1,37, 40}; Assyrian pânu, face, Phoenician פנם, MI^13,18 לפני, suffix מפני Ezekiel 1:19); —

Qal₁₁₇ Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳פ Jeremiah 6:4 +, 2 masculine singular מָּנִיתָ 2 Samuel 9:8, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִפְנֶה 1 Samuel 13:17 +, וַיִּ֫פֶן Exodus 2:12 +, 3 feminine singular וַתֵּ֫פֶן 1 Kings 10:13,1singular וָאֵ֫פֶן Deuteronomy 9:15; Deuteronomy 10:5,1plural וַנֵּ֫פֶן Deuteronomy 2:1 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular מְּנֵה Psalm 25:16 +, etc.; Infinitiveabsolute מָּנֹה Haggai 1:9; construct לִפְנוֺת Genesis 24:63 +, etc.; Participle מֹּנֶה Deuteronomy 29:17 +, etc.; — 1

a. turn toward, אֶל person, literal, Judges 6:14; Isaiah 13:14 = Jeremiah 50:16; Job 21:5 (i.e. attentively); compare of branches Ezekiel 17:6 (in allegory); with עַל of direction Genesis 24:49; figurative with ׳אֶליֿ (in worship), Isaiah 45:22, other gods Hosea 3:1; Deuteronomy 31:18,20; Leviticus 19:4; for help Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6; Job 5:1; אֶלאָֿוֶן Job 36:21; with accusative הַמָּקוֺםאֲשֶׁר יִפְנֶה Ezekiel 10:11; with ה locative 1 Kings 17:3; Deuteronomy 2:3 (+ לָכֶם dativus ethicus [dative of interest]), Song of Solomon 6:1; with דֶּרֶךְ 1 Samuel 13:18 (twice in verse); Job 24:18, ׳אֶלדֿ Judges 20:42; 1 Samuel 13:17; figurative לְדֶרֶךְ Isaiah 53:6; Isaiah 56:11; with accusative כֹּל אֲשֶׁריִֿפְנֶה 1 Samuel 14:47, Song of Solomon , + שָׁם, figurative 1 Kings 2:3, i.e. whatever thou undertakest, אֶלכָּֿלאֲֿשֶׁר יִפְנֶה Proverbs 17:8.

b. turn from, מִן local Genesis 18:22, figurative, of heart, with ׳מֵעִם י Deuteronomy 29:17, absolute = turn away Deuteronomy 30:17; in phrase עֹרֶף׳פ turn (with) the back (compare ראה עֹרֶף) Jeremiah 18:17), + לִפְנֵי, Joshua 7:12 (of flight), figurative, + ׳אֶליֿ, Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 32:33.

c. turn and do a thing, literal (especially + verb of motion) Numbers 21:33; Deuteronomy 1:7,24; Judges 18:21; 1 Kings 10:13 17t.; to do a thing (infinitive) Ecclesiastes 2:12.

d. turn, decline, of day Jeremiah 6:4, days of life Psalm 90:9.

e. turn toward, approach, of evening, לִפְנוֺת עָ֑רֶב Genesis 24:63; Deuteronomy 23:12; of morning, (הַ)בֹּקֶר׳לִפ Exodus 14:27; Judges 19:26; Psalm 46:6 (figurative).

2. a. turn and look, look, literal, אֶל person Numbers 12:10; 2 Chronicles 20:24; 26:20, וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה Exodus 2:12; with לְמָ֑עְלָה Isaiah 8:21 absolute look (back) 2 Chronicles 13:14; with אַתֲרִי look behind one (and see, or say), Joshua 8:20; Judges 20:40; 2 Samuel 1:7; 2 Samuel 2:20; 2 Kings 2:24, look after anotber Ezekiel 29:16 (figurative for seek alliance with); with אֶל of direction Exodus 16:10; Numbers 17:7.

b. of inanimate things, face, with אֶל location Joshua 15:7, usually of facing points of compass, with ה locative 1 Kings 7:25 (4t. in verse) = 2 Chronicles 4:4 (4t. in verse), Joshua 15:2; Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 46:19, but also with קָדִים Ezekiel 43:17; Ezekiel 44:1; Ezekiel 46:1,12; Ezekiel 47:2, compare Ezekiel 43:1.

c. especially figurative look at,אֶלֿ person, regard, (1) graciously 2 Samuel 9:8; of ׳י Ezekiel 36:9; Leviticus 26:9; 2 Kings 13:23; Psalm 40:5, + חָנַן Psalm 25:16; Psalm 69:17; Psalm 86:16; Psalm 119:132; with אֶלתְּֿפִלָּה 1 Kings 8:28 2 Chronicles 6:19; Psalm 102:18, אֶלמִֿנְחָה Numbers 16:15; Malachi 2:13; (2) sternly, אֶלקְֿשִׁי הָעָם Deuteronomy 9:27.

d. look for (אֶל of thing) = expect Haggai 1:9.

e. figurative look at (ב of thing) = consider Ecclesiastes 2:11. — 2 Chronicles 25:23 see מַּנָּה

Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular מִּנָּה Zephaniah 3:15, etc.; Imperative masculine plural מַּנּוּ Isaiah 40:3 2t.; — turn away, put out of the way, with accusative of person Zephaniah 3:15 ("" הֵסִיר); hence make clear, with accusative הַבַּיִת, i.e. clear away things scattered about, make orderly, German 'aufräumen' Genesis 24:31; empty it Leviticus 14:36; figurative, with accusative דֶּרֶךְ make clear, free from obstacles, Isaiah 40:3; Isaiah 57:14; Isaiah 62:10; Malachi 3:1; accusative omitted clear away (ground) before it, i.e. to plant it Psalm 80:10 (figurative).

Hiph`il (especially Jeremiah) Perfect 3 masculine singular הִפְנָה Jeremiah 48:39,3feminine singular הִפְנְתָה Jeremiah 49:24, etc.; Imperfect וַיֶּ֫פֶן Judges 15:4; Infinitive construct suffix הַפְנֹתוֺ 1 Samuel 10:9; Participle מַפְנֶה Nahum 2:9; —

1 turn, with accusative וַיֶּפֶן זָנָב אֶלזָֿנָב Judges 15:4, עֹרֶף Jeremiah 48:39 (compare הפך Joshua 7:8), שִׁכְמוֺ לָלֶכֶת 1 Samuel 10:9.

2 make a turn, shew (signs of) turning, + נָסוּ Jeremiah 46:21, לָנוּם Jeremiah 49:24; opposed to נָסוּ Jeremiah 46:5, compare Nahum 2:9; + אֶל person Nahum 47:3.

Hoph`al Imperative masculine plural הָפְנוּ Jeremiah 49:8 (Ges^{§ 46a}, N.) be ye turned back! (in flight, + נֻסוּ); Participle מָפְנֶה צָפ֫וֺנָה Ezekiel 9:2 the gate . . . which is faced northward (compare Qal 2 b.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פָּנָה fut. יִפְנֶה, apoc. and conv. יִפֶן, וַיִּפֶן in the other persons, אֵפֶן, תֵּפֶן, נֵפֶן to turn; in one phrase, פָּנָה עֹרֶף to turn the back, see עֹרֶף letters a, b. Elsewhere, always intrans. to turn oneself.

(1) in order to go any where. Exodus 7:23, פַּרְעֹה וַיָּבאֹ וַיִּפֶן, 10:6 32:15 Genesis 18:22; Deuteronomy 9:15, 10:5 16:7 sometimes with the addition of a dat. pleon., Deuteronomy 1:40, 2:3 Joshua 22:4 hence

(a) to turn to, or towards any place, followed by אֶל 1 Samuel 13:17 followed by לְ Isaiah 53:6, 56:11 acc. 1 Samuel 13:18, 14:47, בְּכֶל אֲשֶׁר יִפְנֶה “whithersoever he turned himself;” with ה parag., 1 Kings 17:3; Deuteronomy 2:3; Song of Solomon 6:1 also followed by אֶל of pers. to turn oneself to any one, to go to him, especially to God, Isaiah 45:22 angels, Job 5:1 idols, Leviticus 19:4; Deuteronomy 31:18, 20 Deuteronomy 31:20 soothsayers, Leviticus 20:6, to seek an oracular answer or aid. פָּנָה אַחֲרֵי פ׳ to turn oneself to follow any one’s part, to incline to any one’s side, Ezekiel 29:16.

(b) to turn oneself away from any one, followed by מֵעִם Deuteronomy 29:17 (used of the heart). Absol., Deuteronomy 30:17, “if thy heart turns itself (i.e. turns itself away from God) and thou dost not obey.”

(α) to turn itself, to pass away. Jeremiah 6:4, פָּנָה מהיּוֹם “the day declines.” And poetically, Psalms 90:9, “our days decline.”

(β) to turn itself in coming, approaching, in the phrase, לִפְנוֹת הַבֹּקֶר when the morning draws on, at morning, Exodus 14:27; Judges 19:26; Psalms 46:6 לִפְנוֹת עֶרֶב when the evening draws on, at evening, Genesis 24:63; Deuteronomy 23:12.

(2) to turn oneself to look at any thing, Ecclesiastes 2:12, פָּנִיתִי אֲנִי לִרְאוֹת חָכְמָה “I turned myself to behold wisdom;” Exodus 2:12, וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה וַיַּרְא “and he turned himself (with his eyes directed) hither and thither, and saw.” Hence to behold, to turn the eyes to any thing, followed by אֶל Exodus 16:10; Numbers 17:7; Job 21:5 בְּ Job 6:28; Ecclesiastes 2:11 followed by אַחֲרָיו (behind oneself), Judges 20:40; 2 Samuel 1:7, 2:20 לְמַעְלָה (upwards), Isaiah 8:21 Metaph. פָּנָה אֶל to regard a person or thing, Deuteronomy 9:27 especially used of God hearing and answering men, Psalms 25:16, פְּנֵה אֵלַי וְחָנֵּנִי Psalms 69:17, 86:16 also פָּנָה אֶל תְּפִלָּה Psalms 102:18; 1 Kings 8:28 אֶל הַמִּנְחָה Numbers 16:15; Malachi 2:13. Of a king, 2 Samuel 9:8.-Used of inanimate things, to look towards any direction, Ezekiel 8:3, הַשַּׁעַר הַפֹּנֶה צָפוֹנָה “the gate that looks towards the north;” Ezekiel 11:1, 44:1 46:12 47:2. Used of a boundary, Joshua 15:2, Joshua 15:7.

Piel, prop. to cause to depart (see Kal No. 1, c): hence

(1) to remove, to take out of the way, Zephaniah 3:15.

(2) to clear from things in confusion, from things in the way, to put a house in order (aufräumen), Genesis 24:31; Leviticus 14:36 to clear a way, i.e. to prepare it, cast it up, Isaiah 40:3, 57:14 62:10 Malachi 3:1. Absol. Psalms 80:10, פִּנִּיתָ לְפָנֶיהָ “thou preparedst (way, or room) before it.”

Hiphil, fut. convers. וַיִּֽפֶן.

(1) trans. to turn, Judges 15:4, especially the neck, the back; used of one going away, fleeing, 1 Samuel 10:9 Jerem. 48:39. Hence

(2) without עֹרֶף intrans. to turn the back, to flee, Jeremiah 46:21, 49:24 also, to turn oneself back, to stop in flight, Jeremiah 46:5; Nahum 2:9. Followed by אֶל to turn oneself to any one, Jeremiah 47:3.

Hophal, to turn the back, Jeremiah 49:8 to look in any direction (see Kal No. 2, fin.), Ezekiel 9:2.

Derivatives, פֵּן (פֶּן), פָּנֶה, pl. פָּנִים (whence a new adj. לִפְנַי), and the pr.n. יְפֻנֶּה, פְּנוּאֵלּ, פְּנִיאֵל.

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List of Word Forms

בִּפְנוֹתָ֖ם בפנותם הִפְנ֑וּ הִפְנ֛וּ הִפְנ֤וּ הִפְנְתָ֥ה הִפְנָה־ הַפֹּנ֖וֹת הַפֹּנֶ֖ה הַפֹּנֶ֣ה הַפֹּנֶ֥ה הַפּוֹנֶ֔ה הַפּוֹנֶ֣ה הָפְנוּ֙ הפונה הפנה הפנה־ הפנו הפנות הפנתה וְאֶפְנֶ֥ה וַיִּ֖פֶן וַיִּ֜פֶן וַיִּ֣פֶן וַיִּ֤פֶן וַיִּ֥פֶן וַיִּ֧פֶן וַיִּפְנ֖וּ וַיִּפְנ֞וּ וַיִּפְנ֣וּ וַיִּפְנ֤וּ וַיִּפְנ֥וּ וַיִּפְנוּ֙ וַיֶּ֤פֶן וַנֵּ֙פֶן֙ וַנֵּ֜פֶן וַנֵּ֣פֶן וַתֵּ֛פֶן וָאֵ֗פֶן וּפִנָּה־ וּפִנּ֣וּ וּפָנִ֜יתָ וּפָנִ֣יתִֽי וּפָנִ֣יתִי וּפָנִ֣יתָ וּפָנִ֤יתִֽי וּפָנִ֥יתָ וּפָנָ֞ה וּפָנָ֥ה ואפן ואפנה ויפן ויפנו ונפן ופנה ופנה־ ופנו ופנית ופניתי ותפן יִ֝פְנֶה יִפְנ֔וּ יִפְנֶ֔ה יִפְנֶ֖ה יִפְנֶ֛ה יִפְנֶ֣ה יִפְנֶ֤ה יִפְנֶ֥ה יִפְנֶה֙ יִפְנוּ֙ יפנה יפנו כְּהַפְנֹת֤וֹ כהפנתו לִפְנ֣וֹת לִפְנ֤וֹת לִפְנ֥וֹת לִפְנֽוֹת־ לפנות לפנות־ מַפְנֶֽה׃ מָפְנֶ֣ה מפנה מפנה׃ פְּנ֣וּ פְּנ֣וּ ׀ פְּנ֥וֹת פְּנ֥וּ פְּנ֨וּ פְּנֵ֣ה פְּנֵ֥ה פְּנֵה־ פְּנוֹת֙ פְּנוּ֩ פְּנוּ־ פְנוּ־ פִּנִּ֣יתִי פִּנִּ֥יתָ פִּנָּ֖ה פַּנּ֖וּ פַּנּוּ־ פָּ֭נָה פָּנ֔וּ פָּנ֣וּ פָּנִ֑ינוּ פָּנָ֣ה פָּנֹ֤ה פָנ֥וּ פָנִ֔יתָ פָנָ֔ה פָנָ֣ה פָנָ֥ה פֹּנִ֣ים פֹּנִים֙ פֹּנֶ֖ה פֹּנֶ֣ה פֹנִ֣ים ׀ פֹנִ֨ים ׀ פֹנֶ֤ה פנה פנה־ פנו פנו־ פנות פנים פנינו פנית פניתי תִּפְנ֤וּ תִּפְנֶ֖ה תִּפְנֶ֤ה תִּפְנֶֽה׃ תִּפְנוּ֙ תֵּ֖פֶן תֵּ֗פֶן תֵּ֣פֶן תפן תפנה תפנה׃ תפנו bifnoTam bip̄·nō·w·ṯām bip̄nōwṯām faNah faNita faNu fenu foNeh foNim hā·p̄ə·nū hafeNu hap·pō·neh hap·pō·nō·wṯ hap·pō·w·neh hāp̄ənū happoNeh happōneh happoNot happōnōwṯ happōwneh hifnah hifneTah hifNu hip̄·nāh- hip̄·nə·ṯāh hip̄·nū hip̄nāh- hip̄nəṯāh hip̄nū kə·hap̄·nō·ṯōw kehafnoTo kəhap̄nōṯōw lifNot lip̄·nō·wṯ lip̄·nō·wṯ- lip̄nōwṯ lip̄nōwṯ- mā·p̄ə·neh mafeNeh mafNeh map̄·neh māp̄əneh map̄neh pā·nāh p̄ā·nāh pā·nî·nū p̄ā·nî·ṯā pā·nōh pā·nū p̄ā·nū pan·nū pan·nū- Panah pānāh p̄ānāh paNinu pānînū p̄ānîṯā panNu pannū pannū- paNoh pānōh paNu pānū p̄ānū pə·nêh pə·nêh- pə·nō·wṯ pə·nū pə·nū- p̄ə·nū- peneh pənêh pənêh- peNot pənōwṯ peNu pənū pənū- p̄ənū- pin·nāh pin·nî·ṯā pin·nî·ṯî pinNah pinnāh pinNita pinnîṯā pinNiti pinnîṯî pō·neh p̄ō·neh pō·nîm p̄ō·nîm poNeh pōneh p̄ōneh poNim pōnîm p̄ōnîm tê·p̄en Tefen têp̄en tifNeh tifNu tip̄·neh tip̄·nū tip̄neh tip̄nū ū·p̄ā·nāh ū·p̄ā·nî·ṯā ū·p̄ā·nî·ṯî ū·p̄in·nāh- ū·p̄in·nū ufaNah ufaNita ufaNiti ufinnah ufinNu ūp̄ānāh ūp̄ānîṯā ūp̄ānîṯî ūp̄innāh- ūp̄innū vaEfen vaiYefen vaiYifen vaiyifNu vanNefen vatTefen veefNeh wā’êp̄en wā·’ê·p̄en wan·nê·p̄en wannêp̄en wat·tê·p̄en wattêp̄en way·ye·p̄en way·yi·p̄en way·yip̄·nū wayyep̄en wayyip̄en wayyip̄nū wə’ep̄neh wə·’ep̄·neh yifNeh yifNu yip̄·neh yip̄·nū yip̄neh yip̄nū