פֶּה

1. a. mouth, of man, organ of eating and drinking 1 Mos 25,28; Dom 7,6; 1 Sam 14,26; 1 Sam 14,27; Neh 9,20; Ord 19,24 = Ord 26,15 +; figurative as finding things sweet Job 20,12; Sl 119,103 figurative of earth 1 Mos 4,11, swallowing Korah, etc. 4 Mos 16,30; 4 Mos 16,32; 4 Mos 26,10; 5 Mos 11,6 figurative also of Sh®°ôl, וּפָֽעֲרָה פִיהָ Es 5,14, compare Sl 69,16.
\ \ b. external organ, וַיָּשֶׂם פִּיו עַלפִּֿיו 2 Kong 4,34; Ord 30,20 of kissing 1 Kong 19,18; Hoj 1,2, וַתִּשַּׁק יָדִי לְפִי Job 31,27 compare phrase שִׂים יָד עַלפֶּֿה (of keeping silence) Dom 18,19; Mik 7,16; Job 21,5, compare Job 29,9; Job 40,4; Ord 30,32 of mocking triumph ׳פָּעַר עָלַי בְּפ Job 16,10 עַל ׳הִרְחִיב פ Sl 35,21; Es 57,4, also רָחַב פִּי עַל 1 Sam 2,1.
\ \ c. of ׳י in theoph., sending out fire 2 Sam 22,9 = Sl 18,9.

2. a. much oftener, as organ of speech, of man: ׳פ speaks 1 Mos 45,12; 2 Sam 1,16; Es 9,16; Job 9,20; Job 15,5; Job 15,6; Sl 37,30 +; speak בְּמוֺפִֿי Job 19,16 open ׳פ, ׳אֶליֿ Dom 11,35; Dom 11,36, absolute Job 3,1; Job 33,2 +; shut ׳פ (be silent) Es 52,15, compare ׳חָשַׂךְ פ Job 7,11, and (of iniquity, personified) ׳קָצַף פ Job 5,16; Sl 107,42 guard ׳פ, Ord 13,3 (נָצַר), Ord 21,23 (שָׁמַר), compare ׳שָׁמַר פִּתְחֵי פ Mik 7,5, also Sl 39,2 (see שׁמר); words, etc., are in (ב) mouth 2 Sam 17,5; 2 Sam 18,25; 5 Mos 30,14; 1 Kong 17,24 ׳שִׂים דְּבָרִים בְּפ 2 Sam 14,3; 2 Sam 14,19; 2 Mos 4,15, also (God subject) 4 Mos 22,38; 4 Mos 23,12; 4 Mos 23,16 +; of utterance ׳יָצָא מִפּ Dom 11,36; 4 Mos 30,3; 4 Mos 32,24; +; depart from mouth (cease to be mentioned) ׳מוּשׁ מִפּ Jos 1,8; Es 59,21, compare ׳נִכְרַת מִפּ Jer 7,28, לֹא יִשָּׁמַע עַלפִּֿיךָ 2 Mos 23,13 ׳אִמְרֵי פ 5 Mos 32,1 words of my mouth, so Job 8,2; Sl 19,15; Sl 54,4 ׳דְּבְרֵי פ Sl 36,4; Praed 10,12 of agency, ׳כְּפּ by the mouth of 2 Kron 36,21; 2 Kron 36,22 = ׳מִפּ Ezr 1,1 דִּכֶּר פִּיו עִםפִּֿיו Jer 32,4 speak mouth to mouth = Jer 34,3 ׳פ = speech, sayings Es 29,13; Sl 49,14; Praed 10,3 ׳כְּבַד פ 2 Mos 4,10 heavy of speech (not eloquent); ׳אֶהְיֶה עִםפֿ v2 Mos 4,12 v2 Mos 4,15, i.e. aid thee in speaking; ׳יִהְיֶהלְּֿךָ לְפ v2 Mos 4,16 he shall be mouth for thee; מִפִּיו יִקְרָא אֵלַי Jer 36,18, i.e. dictate; ׳כָּתַב מִפּ see כָּתַב 1 b (3); bad qualities ascribed to it, ׳עִקְּשׁוּת פ Ord 4,24; Ord 6,12 פִּי תַהְפֻּכוֺת Ord 8,13 פֶּה חָלָק Ord 26,28 ׳אַלתַּֿגְדֵּל פ Ob 1,12, compare Mik 6,12; Ezk 35,13.
\ \ b. as laughing Job 8,21; Sl 126,2 panting Sl 119,131.
\ \ c. of God; his mouth speaks Es 1,20; Es 40,5; Jer 9,11 +; he speaks ׳בְּפ 1 Kong 8,15; 1 Kong 8,34 word proceeds ׳מִפּ 5 Mos 8,3; Es 45,23 +; פֶּה אֶלפֶּֿה אֲדַכֵּר כּוֺ 4 Mos 12,8 he creates בְּרוּחַ פִּיו Sl 33,6 he executes judgment כְּשֵׁבֶט פִּיו Es 11,4 especially = command: ׳עָבַר אֶתפִּֿי י 1 Sam 15,24; 4 Mos 14,41, compare 4 Mos 22,18; Ord 8,29 ׳פ (אֶתֿ) מָרָה 1 Sam 12,14; 1 Sam 12,15; 4 Mos 20,24; 1 Kong 13,21 +; compare 6 d. d. of idols, Sl 115,5; Sl 136,16; Sl 136,17.
\ \ e. of musical instrument = sound Amos 6,5 (compare 6 d).

3. of animals: bird 1 Mos 8,11 (carrying), Es 10,14 (chirping); ass 4 Mos 22,28 (speaking); bear, lion 1 Sam 17,35 (seizing), Amos 3,12 (id.), hippop. Job 40,23 (drinking), crocodile Job 41,11; Job 41,13 (breathing flame); also of human foes, under figure of ravenous beasts Sl 22,22; Ezk 21,27; Ezk 34,10 פָּצָה עַל ׳פ Sl 22,14; Klg 2,16; Klg 3,46 hence of edge of sword, חֶרֶב פִּיּוֺת Ord 5,4 a sword with edges (in simile), = ׳ח פִּיפִיּוֺת Sl 149,6 compare Dom 3,16 see also 6 c (2), below; בַּעַל פִּיפִיּוֺת Es 41,15, of מוֺרַג.

4. mouth = opening, orifice; of well 1 Mos 29,2; 1 Mos 29,3 (twice in verse); 1 Mos 29,8; 1 Mos 29,10 cave Jos 10,18; Jos 10,22; Jos 10,27 ravine, abyss Jer 48,28 (si vera lectio, compare Gie); also of Sh®°ôl Sl 141,7 of a sack 1 Mos 42,27; 1 Mos 43,12; 1 Mos 43,21; 1 Mos 44,1; 1 Mos 44,2; 1 Mos 44,8 ephah Zak 5,8 high-priest's robe 2 Mos 28,32 + 5 t., compare probably Sl 133,2 tunic Job 30,18 of a round opening also 1 Kong 7,31 (3 t. in verse) (on text and meaning see Benz Kit); of mouth of Nile Es 19,7 (others brink); gate of city Ord 8,3 (but read perhaps לִפְנֵי, see Toy).

5. a. extremity, end פֶּה לָפֶה from end to end, of a temple 2 Kong 10,21 city 2 Kong 21,16, מִפֶּה אֶלפֶּֿה of land Ezr 9,11.
\ \ b. = portion, פִּי שְׁנַיִם 5 Mos 21,17; 2 Kong 2,9; Zak 13,8.

6. with prepositions: —
\ \ a. אֶל פִּי, see below d (2).
\ \ b. כְּפִי:
\ \ \ (a) according to the command of, 1 Kron 12,23
\ \ \ (b) according to the mouth of, i.e. in proportion to (compare Assyrian ki-i pi-i, Dl^{HWB 325}), 2 Mos 16,21 they gathered it אִישׁ כְּפִי אָכְלוֺ each in proportion to his eating (2 Mos 16,16 v2 Mos 16,18 לְפִי), 3 Mos 25,52 כְּפִי שָׁנָיו according to the number of his years (compare v3 Mos 25,16 לְפִי); 4 Mos 6,21; 4 Mos 7,5 אִישׁ כְּפִי עֲבֹדָתוֺ (so 2 Kron 31,2), 2 Kron 7,7; 2 Kron 7,8; 2 Kron 35,8 (all P); Job 33,6 הֵןאֲֿנִי כְפִיךָ לָאֵל I am in the proportion of thee as regards God, i.e. I stand towards God even as thou dost. As conjunction, כְּפִי אֲשֶׁר, Mal 2,9 כְּפי אֲשֶׁר אֵינְכֶם שֹׁמְרִים אֶתדְּֿרָכַי accusative asye do not keep, etc.; and without אשׁר Zak 2,4 כְּפִי אִישׁלֹֿא נָשָׂא ראֹשׁוֺ 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 5 i b), but more common (compare Aramaic לְפוּם, ): (1) 1 Mos 47,12 לְפִי הַטָּ֑ף, 2 Mos 12,4 ye shall compute אִישׁ לְפִי אָכְלוֺ each according to his eating (according to the quantity which his family will consume), 2 Mos 16,16; 2 Mos 16,18; 3 Mos 25,16 לְפִי רֹב הַשָּׁנִים, v3 Mos 25,16 v3 Mos 25,51; 3 Mos 27,16 לְפִי זַרְעוֺ, 4 Mos 26,54; Jos 18,4; 1 Kong 17,1 except לְפִי דְבָרִי, Hos 10,12 קִצְרוּ לְפִי חֶסֶד (|| לִצְדָקָה), Ord 12,8; Ord 27,2: followed by infinitive 4 Mos 9,17 לְפִי הֵעָלוֺת הֶעָנָן = accusative as the cloud was lifted up, Jer 29,10. (2) in the phrase לְפִי חֶרֶב according to the mouth, or measure, of the sword, i.e. as the sword devours, without quarter, 1 Mos 34,26; 2 Mos 17,13; 4 Mos 21,24 + often
\ \ d. עַל פִּי: (1) according to (עַל 1 f a) the mouth of, i.e.
\ \ \ (a) the command of, 1 Mos 41,40; 1 Mos 45,21; 2 Mos 17,1; 2 Mos 38,21; 4 Mos 3,16; 4 Mos 3,39 + (especially P), 2 Kong 23,35 (β) the evidence or sentence of, 5 Mos 17,6 עַלפִּֿי עֵד אֶחָד, 5 Mos 19,15; 5 Mos 21,5 (on עַלפִּֿי הַנָּ֑בֶל Amos 6,5, see 2 e above). (2) according to the measure of, in accordance with, 1 Mos 43,7 we told him על פי הדברים האלה according to these words (i.e. the questions Joseph asked), 2 Mos 34,27 in accordance with these words, 3 Mos 27,8 עלפֿי אשׁר תַּשִּׂיג יַד הנֹּדֵר according to what the hand of the vower can reach to, v3 Mos 27,18 (compare לְפִי 3 Mos 25,16; 3 Mos 25,51), 5 Mos 17,10; 5 Mos 17,11; 2 Sam 13,32 (but see שׂוּמָה), Ord 22,6 חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר על פי דרכו. In the same sense אֶל פִּי, Jos 15,13; Jos 17,4; Jos 21,3.