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Deuteronomy 10:5

“And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the Lord commanded me.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

פָּנָהpânâh · paw-naw'
H6437 · Hebrew
Definition
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).
Grammar
  • וָ — conjunction
  • אֵ֗פֶן — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular
Code HC/Vqw1cs
Usage
Occurs 135 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:22Genesis 24:31Genesis 24:49Genesis 24:63Exodus 2:12

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read פָּנָה here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.