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פה

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See also: פ״ה and Appendix:Variations of "pe"

Hebrew

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -o

Etymology 1

Compare with Egyptian pj (this).

Adverb

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
  • 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).
Derived terms
References

Etymology 2

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

פֶּה (pe) m (singular construct פִּי־)

  1. (anatomy) mouth
Declension
More information isolated forms, with possessive pronouns ...
Derived terms
Terms derived from פֶּה
References

Etymology 3

From Italian fa.

Proper noun

פָה (fa)

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