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title: פֹּה — here · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֹּה (6311), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 82 times: here. BDB 1906: adv.loc. here, hither. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֹּה

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«פֹּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **here** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 82 times · **Key:** 6311 · **BDB:** פֹּה

### Glosses

here (80); \[is\].here (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

here [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6311/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv.loc. here, hither [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6311/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (Ez 40–41, 23 out of 35 times) פּוֹ, also †Jb 38:11b פֹּא, adv.loc. here, hither (prob. from the same demonst. √ found in ف so, then (often in apod.), אַף, אֵפוֹא: cf. Köii. 1, 247 f., 243, 331 f.):— here: Gn 19:12 עֹד מִי־לְךָ פֹה whom hast thou still here? 22:5 שְׁבוּ לָכֶם פֹּה, 40:15; Nu 22:8; 32:16 Dt 5:28; 12:8 Ju 4:20 הֲיֵשׁ פֹּה אִישׁ, 2 K 3:11, etc.; asked in some surprise, Ju 18:3 מַה־לְּךָ פֹה = what is thy business here? simil. †1 K 19:9, 13; Is 22:16; 52:5 וְעַתָּה מַה־לִּי־פֹה. Cf. the syn. בָּזֶה, כֹּה 2. עַד־פֹּה †Jb 38:11a. מִפֹּה or מִפּוֹ, only Ez 40–41, and always (except 40:12a, where it must be supplied with 𝔊 𝔖) repeated, on this side … on that side (cf. מִזֶּה … מִזֶּה), Ez 40:10(×2), 12b, b, 21(×2), etc. with the interrog. אֵי, אֵיפֹה where? v. p. 33. after a verb of motion, hither, 1 S 16:11 עַד־בֹּאוֹ פֹה, Ezr 4:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֹּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6311/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 132:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.132.14/)

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זֹאת־מְנוּחָתִ֥י עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד פֹּֽה־אֵ֝שֵׁ֗ב כִּ֣י אִוִּתִֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* this resting.place \[is\].my until perpetuity here I.will.dwell (dm) I have.desired.it

*JPS 1917:* 'This is My resting-place for ever; here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

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[Ruth 4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.2/)

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וַיִּקַּ֞ח עֲשָׂרָ֧ה אֲנָשִׁ֛ים מִזִּקְנֵ֥י הָעִ֖יר וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁבוּ־פֹ֑ה וַיֵּשֵֽׁבוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.took ten men of the.elders of the.city and he.said sit here and they.sat.down

*JPS 1917:* And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said: 'Sit ye down here.' And they sat down.

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