מֵּאָה₈₆ noun feminine corner, side (part cut off, 'Abschnitt,' according to Schröter in Mei^{Archiv. i. 461} Ba^{ZMG xii (1887), 615} Buhl^Lex, but perhaps biliteral, Nö^{M. 485} Sta^{§ 185, and not} from √ פאה; compare Arabic company, etc. (Nö^{l. e}.); Assyrian pâtu, side, edge, border, see especially Meissn^{Suppl. 74}; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic מָּאתָא, ); — absolute ׳פ Jeremiah 9:25 4t.; construct מְּאַת Amos 3:12 77t.; plural absolute מֵּאֹת Exodus 25:26; Exodus 37:23; dual construct מַּאֲַתֵי Numbers 24:17 (but read probably מְּאַת as "" Jeremiah 48:45); —

1 corner of divan Amos 3:12; table Exodus 25:26; Exodus 37:23; field Leviticus 19:9; Leviticus 23:22 (H); land (probably) וַתַּחְלְקֵם לְפֵאָה Nehemiah 9:22, i.e. into every corner; ראֹשְׁכֶם ׳פ Leviticus 19:27 (i.e. your temples), זְקָנֶ֑ךָ ׳פ Leviticus 19:27; compare Leviticus 21:5 (all H); פֵאָה קְצוּצֵי those clipped on the temples Jeremiah 9:25; Jeremiah 25:23; Jeremiah 49:32 (epithet of Arabian tribes, Herod.^{iii, 8} WMM^{As.u.Eur.140 f.} We^{Skizzen iii. 119}; Heid. 2, 198); temples of Moab (under figure of man) Numbers 24:17 (JE) Jeremiah 48:45.

2 side:

a. usually of Ezekiel's temple, the tabernacle, the holy city and the land, or its subdivisions (only Ezekiel 41-48 [47 t.] and P [26 t.]): in plur. מְּאַת קָדִ֫ימ(הׅ East side Ezekiel 47:18 17t. Ezekiel, = ׳קֵדְמָה פ Exodus 27:13 3t. P and Ezekiel 45:7 (see Co Toy); ׳צָפ֫וֺנ(ה) פ North side Ezekiel 47:15; Exodus 26:20 9t.; נֶגֶב ׳ֶ נ֫גְבָּה) פ South side Ezekiel 47:19 (twice in verse); Exodus 27:9 8t.; יָם ׳(יָ֫מָּה) פ West side Ezekiel 45:7; Exodus 27:12 21t. + דֶּרֶךְֿ ׳הַיָּם פ Ezekiel 41:12 (also קָדִים הַיָּם ׳פ Ezekiel 48:1); absolute only לַמֵּאָה הָאֶחָת Exodus 27:9.

b. מְּאַת מָּנָיו Leviticus 13:41 side (border) of his face (forehead and temples; P).

פאם see פימה