פֶּה

Mouth

PEH

Meanings

MouthOpening

About “Mouth” in Hebrew

The mouth holds profound importance in Judaism as the instrument of speech, prayer, and blessing. Jewish ethics (mussar) devotes extensive teaching to the power of the tongue and the importance of guarding one's speech. The laws of lashon hara (evil speech) warn against gossip and slander. Torah she'b'al peh (the Oral Torah) refers to the vast body of Jewish law transmitted by mouth through generations.

Example

שְׁמוֹר אֶת הַפֶּה שֶׁלְּךָ מִדִּבּוּר רַע.
Guard your mouth from evil speech.

Gematria of “Mouth” (פה)

In Hebrew numerology (gematria), each letter has a numerical value. The word פה (PEH) has a gematria value of 85.

80פ+
5ה
 =
total85

Mouth” in the Bible

Verses from the Torah and Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) mentioning “mouth”.

Daniel 6:18דניאל 6:18

והיתית אבן חדה ושמת על פם גבא וחתמה מלכא בעזקתה ובעזקת רברבנוהי די לא תשנא צבו בדניאל

A rock was brought and placed over the mouth of the den; the king sealed it with his signet and with the signet of his nobles, so that nothing might be altered concerning Daniel.

Daniel 6:23דניאל 6:23

אלהי שלח מלאכה וסגר פם אריותא ולא חבלוני כל קבל די קדמוהי זכו השתכחת לי ואף (קדמיך) [קדמך] מלכא חבולה לא עבדת

My God sent an angel, who shut the mouths of the lions so that they did not injure me, inasmuch as I was deemed to be innocent, nor have I, O king, done you any injury.”

Daniel 7:5דניאל 7:5

וארו חיוה אחרי תנינה דמיה לדב ולשטר חד הקמת ותלת עלעין בפמה בין (שניה) [שנה] וכן אמרין לה קומי אכלי בשר שגיא

Then I saw a second, different beast, which was like a bear but raised on one side, and with three fangs in its mouth among its teeth; it was told, ‘Arise, eat much meat!’

English translation: THE JPS TANAKH, Revised Edition (2023) © Jewish Publication Society, via Sefaria. CC BY-NC 4.0

This word starts with the Hebrew letter pe.

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