פנים

See also: פּנים

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
פ־נ־ה (p-n-h)

From Proto-Semitic *pan-. Related to the פָּנָה (paná, “to face”).

Noun

פָּנִים • (paním) f pl (plural construct פְּנֵי־)

1. face
2. interior

Declension

Declension of פָּנִים

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
plural	indefinite	פָּנִים	first	פניי / פָּנַי		פָּנֵינוּ
	definite	הַפָּנִים	second	פָּנֶיךָ	פנייך / פָּנַיִךְ	פְּנֵיכֶם	פְּנֵיכֶן
	construct	פְּנֵי־	third	פָּנָיו	פָּנֶיהָ	פְּנֵיהֶם	פְּנֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• בִּפְנִים (bifním, “inside”)
• לִפְנֵי (lifnéi, “before, in front of”)
  • לְפָנָי (l'fanái, “before me, in front of me”)
  • לְפָנֵיהָ (l'fanéiha, “before her, in front of her”)
  • לִפְנֵיהֶם (lifneihém, “before them, in front of them, m”)
  • לִפְנֵיהֶן (lifneihén, “before you, in front of them, f”)
  • לְפָנָיו (l'fanáv, “before him, in front of him”)
  • לפנייך / לְפָנַיִךְ (l'fanáyikh, “before you, in front of you f sg”)
  • לְפָנֵיךָ (l'fanéikha, “before you, in front of you, m sg”)
  • לִפְנֵיכֶם (lifneikhém, “before you, in front of you, m pl”)
  • לִפְנֵיכֶן (lifneikhén, “before you, in front of you, f pl”)
  • לְפָנֵינוּ (l'fanéinu, “before us, in front of us”)
• לְפָנִים (l'faním, “in the past, in the front”)
• פְּנִימָה (p'níma, “inwards”)

Descendants

• Dutch: ponem, porem
• Yiddish: פּנים (ponem)