Meaning of פאה | Babel Free
/peˈ(ʔ)a/הגדרות
- wig
-
One of the 613 commandments: to leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor. Judaism
- a face (of a polyhedron)
- Pe'ah: The second tractate in the Seder Zeraim of the Mishnah and of the Talmud, whose first part deals with that commandment.
- a sidelock
- a sideburn
-
corner, edge Biblical-Hebrew
דוגמאות
“בימי הביניים נהגו השופטים לחבוש פאות בצבע לבן.”
In the Middle Ages judges used to wear white wigs.
“לֹא תַקִּפוּ פְּאַת רֹאשְׁכֶם וְלֹא תַשְׁחִית אֵת פְּאַת זְקָנֶךָ׃”
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
“Near-synonym: אֶפֶס (éfes)”
“לֹא תְכַלֶּה פְּאַת שָׂדְךָ לִקְצֹר”
thou shalt not wholly reap the corner of thy field
“וּלְפַאֲתֵי מִזְרָח, קָדִימָה, / עַיִן לְצִיּוֹן צוֹפִיָּה.”
And onwards, towards the ends of the east, / An eye still looks towards Zion.
רמת CEFR
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.