STRONGS H6437:
Abbreviations
פָּנָה 135 verb turn (Late Hebrew
id.; Syriac
,
מְּנָא; 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 3rd person masculine singular פ׳ Jeremiah 6:4 +,
2nd person masculine singular פָּנִיתָ 2 Samuel 9:8, etc.;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִפְנֶה 1 Samuel 13:17 +,
וַיִּ֫פֶן Exodus 2:12 +,
3rd person feminine singular וַתֵּ֫פֶן 1 Kings 10:13,
1st person singular וָאֵ֫פֶן Deuteronomy 9:15;
Deuteronomy 10:5,
1st person plural וַנֵּ֫פֶן Deuteronomy 2:1 +, etc.;
Imperative masculine singular
פְּנֵה Psalm 25:16 +, etc.;
Infinitive absolute פָּנֹה Haggai 1:9; construct
לִפְנוֺת Genesis 24:63 +, etc.;
Participle פֹּנֶה 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 הַמָּקוֺם אֲשֶׁר יִפְנֶה Ezekiel 10:11; with ה locative 1 Kings 17:3; Deuteronomy 2:3 (+ לָכֶם dativus ethicus [dative of interest]), Songs 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, so, + 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 + 17 times; 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 (4 times in verse) = 2 Chronicles 4:4 (4 times 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 figurativelook 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 פִּנָּה.
†
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular פִּנָּה Zephaniah 3:15, etc.;
Imperative masculine plural
פַּנּוּ Isaiah 40:3 +
2 times; —
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. (especially Jeremiah)
Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִפְנָה Jeremiah 48:39,
3rd person feminine 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 Nah 47:3.
†
Hoph. 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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
18:22; 24:31; 24:49; 24:63; 24:63
Exodus
2:12; 2:12; 14:27; 16:10
Leviticus
14:36; 19:4; 19:31; 20:6; 26:9
Numbers
12:10; 16:15; 17:7; 21:33
Deuteronomy
1:7; 1:24; 2:1; 2:3; 9:15; 9:27; 10:5; 23:12; 29:17; 29:17; 30:17; 31:18; 31:20
Joshua
7:8; 7:12; 8:20; 15:2; 15:7
Judges
6:14; 15:4; 15:4; 18:21; 19:26; 20:40; 20:42
1 Samuel
10:9; 10:9; 13:17; 13:17; 13:18; 14:47
2 Samuel
1:7; 2:20; 9:8; 9:8
1 Kings
2:3; 7:25; 8:28; 10:13; 10:13; 17:3
2 Kings
2:24; 13:23
2 Chronicles
4:4; 6:19; 13:14; 20:24; 25:23; 26:20
Job
5:1; 21:5; 24:18; 36:21
Psalms
25:16; 25:16; 40:5; 46:6; 69:17; 80:10; 86:16; 90:9; 102:18; 119:132
Proverbs
17:8
Ecclesiastes
2:11; 2:12
Song of Songs
6:1
Isaiah
8:21; 13:14; 40:3; 40:3; 45:22; 53:6; 56:11; 57:14; 62:10
Jeremiah
2:27; 6:4; 6:4; 18:17; 32:33; 46:5; 46:21; 48:39; 48:39; 49:8; 49:24; 49:24; 50:16
Ezekiel
1:19; 8:3; 9:2; 10:11; 17:6; 29:16; 36:9; 43:1; 43:17; 44:1; 46:1; 46:12; 46:19; 47:2
Hosea
3:1
Nahum
2:9; 2:9
Zephaniah
3:15; 3:15
Haggai
1:9; 1:9
Malachi
2:13; 3:1