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פה

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Hebrew

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -o

Etymology 1

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Compare with Egyptian pj (this).

Adverb

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פֹּה ()

  1. here, this place, at this place, in this place
    אתה גר פה?atá gar ?Do you live here? (addressing a man)
    נצא מפה בעוד חמש דקות.netzé mi b'ód khamésh dakót.We'll set out in five minutes. (literally, “We'll leave from here in five minutes.”)
    באתי לפה לפני שעה.batí l' lif'né sha'á.I came here an hour ago. (literally, “I came to here an hour ago.”)
Usage notes
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  • 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).
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Semitic *pay-, cognate with Aramaic פּוּמָא (pūmā), Arabic فَم (fam) / فُو (), Ge'ez አፍ (ʾäf), Ugaritic 𐎔 (p /⁠pû⁠/), Akkadian 𒅗 (pûm).

Noun

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פֶּה (pem (singular construct פִּי־)

  1. (anatomy) mouth
Declension
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Declension of פֶּה
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: 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
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Etymology 3

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From Italian fa.

Proper noun

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פָה (fa)

  1. Fa: the fourth solfège syllable, representing the note F.
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