---
title: פִּנָּה — corner · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּנָּה (6438), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 31 times: corner. BDB 1906: n.f. corner. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6438.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [פ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1508-2.md)‎ / פִּנָּה‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# פִּנָּה

<!-- .meta -->
«פִּנָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **corner** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 31 times · **Key:** 6438 · **BDB:** פִּנָּה

### Glosses

the.corner (7); the.corners (7); corners (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

corner [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6438/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. corner [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6438/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. corner;—abs. פ׳ 2 K 14:13 +, cstr. פִּנַּת Je 31:40 +; sf. פִּנָּתָהּ Jb 38:9, פִּנָּהּ Pr 7:8 (Ges§ 91 e); pl. פִּנּוֹת abs. Zp 1:16 2 Ch 26:15, פִּנִּים Zc 14:10; cstr. פִּנּוֹת 1 K 7:34 +, etc.;— corner, of square objects 1 K 7:34 + v 30 (read פִּנּוֹתָיו for פַּעֲמֹתָיו, cf. Kit), Ex 27:2; 38:2; Ez 43:20; 45:19; of house Jb 1:19, roof Pr 7:12; 21:9 = 25:24; אֶבֶן לְפ׳ Je 51:26 i.e. a corner-stone; אֶבֶן פ׳ of earth Jb 38:9; cf. (fig.) ψ 118:22, and (אבן om.) Is 28:16; פ׳ = street-corner 2 Ch 28:24. specif. of wall of Jerus., Ne 3:24 (in SE.), v 31, 32 (NE.); שַׁעַר הַפּ׳ 2 K 14:13 + ‖ 2 Ch 25:23 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 and most (for MT שׁ׳ הַפּוֹנֶה), + (v. שַׁעַר); הַפִּנּוֹת appar. with battlements 2 Ch 26:15; of cities in gen. הַפּ׳ הַגְּבֹהוֹת Zp 1:16; of the nations 3:6. fig. of chief, ruler as corner (support or defence), Ju 20:2; 1 S 14:38; Is 19:13 (read perhaps pl.); Zc 10:4 (+ יָתֵד q.v.).

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פִּנָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6438/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Psalms 118:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.118.22/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
אֶ֭בֶן מָאֲס֣וּ הַבּוֹנִ֑ים הָ֝יְתָ֗ה לְרֹ֣אשׁ פִּנָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* a.stone \[which\].they.rejected the builders it.has.become (into).\[the\] head of.\[the\].corner

*JPS 1917:* The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Job 38:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.6/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
עַל־מָ֭ה אֲדָנֶ֣יהָ הָטְבָּ֑עוּ א֥וֹ מִֽי־יָ֝רָ֗ה אֶ֣בֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* on what? bases its were.they.sunk or who? did.he.lay the.stone its.corner her

*JPS 1917:* Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [פָּנָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6437.md)
- next →: [פָּנֶה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6440.md)
- ↑ back to [פ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1508-2.md)