פה
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See also: פ״ה and Appendix:Variations of "pe"
Hebrew
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -o
Etymology 1
Compare with Egyptian pj (“this”).
Adverb
פֹּה • (pó)
- here, this place, at this place, in this place
- אתה גר פה? — atá gar pó? — Do you live here? (addressing a man)
- נצא מפה בעוד חמש דקות. — netzé mipó b'ód khamésh dakót. — We'll set out (literally leave from here) in five minutes.
- באתי לפה לפני שעה. — batí l'fó lif'néi sha'á. — I came here (literally to here) an hour ago.
Usage notes
- Unlike English here, Hebrew פֹּה is not used by itself to mean “to this place”; for that, the preposition לְ־ (l'-, “to”) must be added (as in the third example above).
Derived terms
- אֵיפֹה (efó)
References
Etymology 2
From Proto-Semitic *pay-, cognate with Aramaic פּוּמָא (pūmā), Arabic فَم (fam) / فُو (fū), Ge'ez አፍ (ʾäf), Ugaritic 𐎔 (p /pû/), Akkadian 𒅗 (pûm).
Noun
פֶּה • (pe) m (singular construct פִּי־)
Declension
Declension of פֶּה
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | פֶּה | first | פִּי | פִּינוּ | ||
| definite | הַפֶּה | second | פִּיךָ | פִּיךְ | פִּיכֶם | פִּיכֶן | |
| construct | פִּי־ | third | פִּיו | פִּיהָ | פִּיהֶם | פִּיהֶן | |
| plural | indefinite | פִּיּוֹת | first | פיותיי / פִּיּוֹתַי | פִּיּוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַפִּיּוֹת | second | פִּיּוֹתֶיךָ | פיותייך / פִּיּוֹתַיִךְ | פִּיּוֹתֵיכֶם | פִּיּוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | פִּיּוֹת־ | third | פִּיּוֹתָיו | פִּיּוֹתֶיהָ | פִּיּוֹתָם | פִּיּוֹתָן | |
Derived terms
Terms derived from פֶּה
- כְּפִי־ (k'fí-)
- לְפִי־ (l'fí-)
- בַּחֲצִי פֶּה (baKha'tsi pe, literally “in a half mouth”)
- בְּעַל־פֶּה (be'ál-pe)
- מפה לאוזן / מִפֶּה לָאֹזֶן (miPe laOzen, literally “from mouth to ear”)
- בְּפֶה מָלֵא (bePe malé)
- בְּפֶה רַךְ (bePe rákh')
- פֶּה אֶחָד (pe ekhád)
- מֵי פֶּה (mey pe)
- פְּלִיטַת פֶּה (p'liTAt pe)
- מַפּוּחִית פֶּה (mapukhit pe)
- עַל־פִּי ('al-pí)
- על פי רוב / עַל־פִּי רֹב ('al-pí róv)
- אַף־עַל־פִּי (af-'al-pí)
- אַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן (af-'al-pí-khén)
- יָד לַפֶּה! (yad laPe)
- אֶחָד בַּפֶּה וְאֶחָד בַּלֵּב (ekhád baPe v'Ekhád baLev, literally “one in the mouth and one in the in the heart”)
- הָפַךְ אֶת הַקְּעָרָה עַל פִּיהָ (hafákh et haQe'ára 'al piya, literally “turned the dish on its head”)
- אַל תִּפְתַּח פֶּה לַשָּׂטָן (ál tifetákh pe laSatán, literally “don't open a mouth to the devil”)
- חַי מִן הַיָּד אֶל הַפֶּה (kháy min haYad el haPe, literally “lives from the hand to the mouth”)
- ניבל את פיו / נִבֵּל אֶת פִּיו (nibél et pív)
- פיו ולבו שווים / פִּיו וְלִבּוֹ שָׁוִים (pív veLibo shavim, literally “mouth and heart equal”)
- פִּי הַטַּבַּעַת (pi hatabá'at)
- שְׁטִיפַת פֶּה (shtifát pe)
References
Etymology 3
Proper noun
פָה • (fa)
Further reading
פה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
