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title: פְּנִימִי — inner · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּנִימִי (6442), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 32 times: inner. BDB 1906: adj. inner. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּנִימִי

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«פְּנִימִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **inner** — 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:** 32 times · **Key:** 6442 · **BDB:** פְּנִימִי

### Glosses

inner (29); \[court\] (2); \[part\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

inner [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6442/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. inner [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6442/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. inner;—פ׳ 1 K 6:27 +; f. פְּנִימִית v 36 +; mpl. פְּנִימִים 1 Ch 28:11; fpl. פְּנִימִיּוֹת 2 Ch 4:22;—always c. art., and always of parts of building, usually temple: 1 K 6:27; 7:12 +; especially Ez 8:3, 16; 10:3 + 21 times 40–46; as subst. בַּפְּנִימִי 41:17 on the inside (but dub., v. Co al.); אֶל־הַפְּנִימִית 42:4 toward the inside (del. 𝔊 𝔖 Co Toy al.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּנִימִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6442/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 6:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.36/)

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וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ אֶת־הֶחָצֵ֣ר הַפְּנִימִ֔ית שְׁלֹשָׁ֖ה טוּרֵ֣י גָזִ֑ית וְט֖וּר כְּרֻתֹ֥ת אֲרָזִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.built (et) the court (the) inner three rows of.hewn.\[stone\] and a.row of.beams of.cedar(s)

*JPS 1917:* And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams.

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[Ezekiel 44:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.44.21/)

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וְיַ֥יִן לֹֽא־יִשְׁתּ֖וּ כָּל־כֹּהֵ֑ן בְּבוֹאָ֖ם אֶל־הֶחָצֵ֥ר הַפְּנִימִֽית׃

*Word for word:* and wine not they.will.drink any priest when come they into the courtyard (the) inner

*JPS 1917:* Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

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