H6310. peh

מֶּה‎₄₈₅ noun masculine^{Joshua 9:2} mouth (probably biliteral [פי פו,‎] Sta^{§ 183}; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician לפי‎ according to; Assyrian pû, mouth; Arabic , , ; Ethiopic ; Syriac according to; but also Arabic , , , Biblical Aramaic מּוּמָא ᵑ7 מֻּם,‎; Syriac ; Mandean פומא‎ Nö^{M § 87}); — absolute ׳פ‎ Exodus 4:10 +, construct מִּי‎ Isaiah 1:20 +; suffix 1 singular מִּי‎ Genesis 45:12 +, 2 masculine singular מִּיךָ‎ 41:40 +, 3 masculine singular מִּיו‎ 25:28 +, מִּיהוּ‎ Exodus 4:15 +, 3 masculine plural מִּיהֶם‎ Judges 7:6 +, מִּימוֺ‎ Psalm 17:10 2t., etc.; plural מִּיּוֺת‎ Proverbs 5:4, פֵיוֺת (שְׁנֵי)‎ Judges 3:16, מִּיפִיּוֺת‎ Isaiah 41:15; Psalm 149:6; מִּים‎ 1 Samuel 13:21 (corrupt, see Dr and others); —

1. a. mouth, of man, organ of eating and drinking Genesis 25:28; Judges 7:6; 1 Samuel 14:26-27, Nehemiah 9:20; Proverbs 19:24 = 26:15 +; figurative as finding things sweet Job 20:12; Psalm 119:103; figurative of earth Genesis 4:11, swallowing Korah, etc. Numbers 16:30, 32; 26:10; Deuteronomy 11:6; figurative also of Sh®°ôl, פִיהָ וּפָֽעֲרָה‎ Isaiah 5:14, compare Psalm 69:16.

b. external organ, עַלמִּֿיו מִּיו וַיָּשֶׂם‎ 2 Kings 4:34; Proverbs 30:20; of kissing 1 Kings 19:18; Song of Solomon 1:2, לְפִי יָדִי וַתִּשַּׁק‎ Job 31:27; compare phrase עַלמֶּֿה יָד שִׂים‎ (of keeping silence) Judges 18:19; Micah 7:16; Job 21:5, compare 29:9; 40:4; Proverbs 30:32; of mocking triumph בְּפ עָלַי ׳מָּעַר‎ Job 16:10; פ ׳הִרְחִיב עַל‎ Psalm 35:21; Isaiah 57:4, also עַל מִּי רָחַב‎ 1 Samuel 2:1.

c. of ׳י‎ in theoph., sending out fire 2 Samuel 22:9 = Psalm 18:9.

2. a. much oftener, as organ of speech, of man: ׳פ‎ speaks Genesis 45:12; 2 Samuel 1:16; Isaiah 9:16; Job 9:20; 15:5-6, Psalm 37:30 +; speak בְּמוֺפִֿי‎ Job 19:16; open ׳אֶליֿ ׳פ,‎ Judges 11:35-36, absolute Job 3:1; 33:2 +; shut ׳פ‎ (be silent) Isaiah 52:15, compare פ ׳חָשַׂךְ‎ Job 7:11, and (of iniquity, personified) פ ׳קָצַף‎ 5:16; Psalm 107:42; guard ׳פ‎, Proverbs 13:3 (נָצַר‎), 21:23 (שָׁמַר‎), compare פ מִּתְחֵי ׳שָׁמַר‎ Micah 7:5, also Psalm 39:2 (see שׁמר‎); words, etc., are in (ב‎) mouth 2 Samuel 17:5; 18:25; Deuteronomy 30:14; 1 Kings 17:24; בְּפ דְּבָרִים ׳שִׂים‎ 2 Samuel 14:3, 19; Exodus 4:15, also (God subject) Numbers 22:38; 23:12, 16 +; of utterance מִמּ ׳יָצָא‎ Judges 11:36; Numbers 30:3; 32:24; Joshua 6:10 +; depart from mouth (cease to be mentioned) מִמּ ׳מוּשׁ‎ 1:8; Isaiah 59:21, compare מִמּ ׳נִכְרַת‎ Jeremiah 7:28, עַלמִּֿיךָ יִשָּׁמַע לֹא‎ Exodus 23:13; פ ׳אִמְרֵי‎ Deuteronomy 32:1 words of my mouth, so Job 8:2; Psalm 19:15; Psalm 54:4; פ ׳דְּבְרֵי‎ 36:4; Ecclesiastes 10:12; of agency, ׳כְּמּ‎ by the mouth of2 Chronicles 36:21-22, = ׳מִמּ‎ Ezra 1:1; עִםמִּֿיו מִּיו דִּכֶּר‎ Jeremiah 32:4 speak mouth to mouth = 34:3; ׳פ‎ = speech, sayings Isaiah 29:13; Psalm 49:14; Ecclesiastes 10:3; פ ׳כְּבַד‎ Exodus 4:10 heavy of speech (not eloquent); עִםפֿ ׳אֶהְיֶה‎ 4:12; 4:15, i.e. aid thee in speaking; לְפ ׳יִהְיֶהלְּֿךָ‎ 4:16 he shall be mouth for thee; אֵלַי יִקְרָא מִמִּיו‎ Jeremiah 36:18, i.e. dictate; מִמּ ׳כָּתַב‎ see כָּתַב‎ 1b (3); bad qualities ascribed to it, פ ׳עִקְּשׁוּת‎ Proverbs 4:24; 6:12; תַהְמֻּכוֺת מִּי‎ 8:13; חָלָק מֶּה‎ 26:28; פ ׳אַלתַּֿגְדֵּל‎ Obadiah 12, compare Micah 6:12; Ezekiel 35:13.

b. as laughing Job 8:21; Psalm 126:2; panting 119:131.

c. of God; his mouth speaks Isaiah 1:20; 40:5; Jeremiah 9:11 +; he speaks ׳בְּפ‎ 1 Kings 8:15, 34; word proceeds ׳מִמּ‎ Deuteronomy 8:3; Isaiah 45:23 +; כּוֺ אֲדַכֵּר אֶלמֶּֿה מֶּה‎ Numbers 12:8; he creates מִּיו בְּרוּחַ‎ Psalm 33:6; he executes judgment מִּיו כְּשֵׁבֶט‎ Isaiah 11:4; especially = command: י אֶתמִּֿי ׳עָבַר‎ 1 Samuel 15:24; Numbers 14:41, compare 22:18; Proverbs 8:29; ׳פ‎ (אֶתֿ‎) מָרָה‎ 1 Samuel 12:14-15, Numbers 20:24; 1 Kings 13:21 +; compare

d. of idols, Psalm 115:5; 136:16; 136:17.

e. of musical instrument = sound Amos 6:5 (compare 6d).

3 of animals: bird Genesis 8:11 (carrying), Isaiah 10:14 (chirping); ass Numbers 22:28 (speaking); bear, lion 1 Samuel 17:35 (seizing), Amos 3:12 (id.), hippop. Job 40:23 (drinking), crocodile 41:11; 41:13 (breathing flame); also of human foes, under figure of ravenous beasts Psalm 22:22; Ezekiel 21:27; 34:10; ׳פ עַל מָּצָה‎ Psalm 22:14; Lamentations 2:16; 3:46; hence of edge of sword, מִּיּוֺת חֶרֶב‎ Proverbs 5:4 a sword with edges (in simile), = מִּיפִיּוֺת ׳ח‎ Psalm 149:6; compare Judges 3:16; see also 6c (2), below; מִּיפִיּוֺת בַּעַל‎ Isaiah 41:15, of מוֺרַג‎.

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

5. a. extremity, end לָפֶה מֶּה‎ from end to end, of a temple 2 Kings 10:21; city 21:16, אֶלמֶּֿה מִמֶּה‎ of land Ezra 9:11.

b. = portion, שְׁנַיִם מִּי‎ Deuteronomy 21:17; 2 Kings 2:9; Zechariah 13:8.

6 with prepositions: —

a. מִּי אֶל‎, see below

d (2).

b. כְּפִי‎: (a) according to the command of, 1 Chronicles 12:23; (b) according to the mouth of, i.e. in proportion to (compare Assyrian ki-i pi-i, Dl^{HWB 325}), Exodus 16:21 they gathered it אָכְלוֺ כְּפִי אִישׁ‎ each in proportion to his eating (16:16; 16:18 לְפִי‎), Leviticus 25:52 שָׁנָיו כְּפִי‎ according to the number of his years (compare 25:16 לְפִי‎); Numbers 6:21; 7:5 עֲבֹדָתוֺ כְּפִי אִישׁ‎ (so 2 Chronicles 31:2), 7:7-8, 35:8 (all P); Job 33:6 לָאֵל כְפִיךָ הֵןאֲֿנִי‎ I am in the proportion of thee as regards God, i.e. I stand towards God even as thou dost. As

conjunction, אֲשֶׁר כְּפִי‎, Malachi 2:9 אֶתדְּֿרָכַי שֹׁמְרִים אֵינְכֶם אֲשֶׁר כְּפי‎ accusative asye do not keep, etc.; and without אשׁר‎ Zechariah 2:4 ראֹשׁוֺ נָשָׂא אִישׁלֹֿא כְּפִי‎ 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

5i b), but more common (compare Aramaic לְפוּם‎, ): (1) Genesis 47:12 הַטָּ֑ף לְפִי‎, Exodus 12:4 ye shall compute אָכְלוֺ לְפִי אִישׁ‎ each according to his eating (according to the quantity which his family will consume), 16:16, 18; Leviticus 25:16 הַשָּׁנִים רֹב לְפִי‎, 25:16; 25:51; 27:16 זַרְעוֺ לְפִי‎, Numbers 26:54; Joshua 18:4; 1 Kings 17:1 except דְבָרִי לְפִי‎, Hosea 10:12 חֶסֶד לְפִי קִצְרוּ‎ ("" לִצְדָקָה‎), Proverbs 12:8; 27:2: followed by infinitive Numbers 9:17 הֶעָנָן הֵעָלוֺת לְפִי‎ = accusative as the cloud was lifted up, Jeremiah 29:10. (2) in the phrase חֶרֶב לְפִי‎ according to the mouth, or measure, of the sword, i.e. as the sword devours, without quarter, Genesis 34:26; Exodus 17:13; Numbers 21:24 +?

d. מִּי עַל‎: (1) according to (עַל‎

1f a) the mouth of, i.e. (a) the command of, Genesis 41:40; 45:21; Exodus 17:1; 38:21; Numbers 3:16, 39 + (especially P), 2 Kings 23:35; (β) the evidence or sentence of, Deuteronomy 17:6 אֶחָד עֵד עַלמִּֿי‎, 19:15; 21:5 (on הַנָּ֑בֶל עַלמִּֿי‎ Amos 6:5, see

2e above). (2) according to the measure of, in accordance with, Genesis 43:7 we told him האלה הדברים פי על‎ according to these words (i.e. the questions Joseph asked), Exodus 34:27 in accordance with these words, Leviticus 27:8 הנֹּדֵר יַד תַּשִּׂיג אשׁר עלפֿי‎ according to what the hand of the vower can reach to, 27:18 (compare לְפִי‎ 25:16, 51), Deuteronomy 17:10-11, 2 Samuel 13:32 (but see שׂוּמָה‎), Proverbs 22:6 דרכו פי על לַנַּעַר חֲנֹךְ‎. In the same sense מִּי אֶל‎, Joshua 15:13; 17:4; 21:3.

מֻּם‎ noun masculine^{Daniel 7:8} mouth (compare Biblical Hebrew מֶּה‎; on form see K^{§ 61, 2}) M^{§ 76f.}); — ׳פ‎ absolute 7:8, 20, construct 4:28 +, suffix מֻּמֵּהּ‎ (on form see K^l.c. Nö^{Zur Gram. d. Class.} Arabic 15 (1896) (expansion of biliteral √), Ba^{ZMG xii (1887), 633 f.}) 7:5; — mouth of king 4:28, lions 6:23, beast (in vision) 7:5, horn (ib.) 7:8; 7:20; mouth of pit 6:18.

מַּס‎ see פסם‎. below