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title: פְּנִימָה — faceward · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּנִימָה (6441), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: faceward. BDB 1906: adv. towards the (in-) side within. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּנִימָה

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«פְּנִימָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **faceward** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 6441 · **BDB:** פְּנִ֫ימָה

### Glosses

within (13); faces (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

faceward [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6441/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. towards the (in-) side within [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6441/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. (ה loc.) 1. towards the (in-) side. 2. within (lit. faceward, from point of view of one entering by opposite door);—of a building, usually temple: after vb. of motion Lv 10:18; 2 Ch 29:18, and (after הִגִּיד) 2 K 7:11, also לִפ׳ Ez 41:3; 2 Ch 29:16. פ׳ 1 K 6:18, also לִפ׳ v 30, so read also v 29 (for MT מִלִּפְנִים, v. KmpKau Kit Benz), Ez 40:16(×2), also ψ 45:14 MT, i.e. within the house, but Krochm Gr Che al. (plausibly) פְּנִינִים, q.v.; מִפּ׳ 1 K 6:19, 21 = 2 Ch 3:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּנִימָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6441/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 7:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.7.11/)

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וַיִּקְרָ֖א הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֑ים וַיַּגִּ֕ידוּ בֵּ֥ית הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ פְּנִֽימָה׃

*Word for word:* and he.called.out the gatekeepers and they.told the.household of the.king within

*JPS 1917:* And the porters called, and they told it to the king's household within.

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[Psalms 45:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.45.14/)

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כָּל־כְּבוּדָּ֣ה בַת־מֶ֣לֶךְ פְּנִ֑ימָה מִֽמִּשְׁבְּצ֖וֹת זָהָ֣ב לְבוּשָֽׁהּ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].all glorious a.daughter of.a.king within \[is\].from settings of.gold clothing her

*JPS 1917:* All glorious is the king's daughter within the palace; her raiment is of chequer work inwrought with gold.

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