פֹּהpôh

here, hither

Pronunciation: po · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6311

Meanings

1. here

a. here? (Genesis 19:12; Genesis 22:5; Genesis 40:15)

c. on this side … on that side (Ezekiel 40:12; Ezekiel 40:10; Ezekiel 40:21)

d. where?

2. hither, after a verb of motion (1 Samuel 16:11; Ezra 4:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 82 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 19:12 Meanwhile, the angels questioned Lot. “Do you have any other relatives here in the city?” they asked. “Get them out of this place—your sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone else.
  • Genesis 22:5 “Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told the servants. “The boy and I will travel a little farther. We will worship there, and then we will come right back.”
  • Genesis 40:15 For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I’m here in prison, but I did nothing to deserve it.”
  • Numbers 22:8 “Stay here overnight,” Balaam said. “In the morning I will tell you whatever the Lord directs me to say.” So the officials from Moab stayed there with Balaam.
  • Numbers 32:6 “Do you intend to stay here while your brothers go across and do all the fighting?” Moses asked the men of Gad and Reuben.
  • Numbers 32:16 But they approached Moses and said, “We simply want to build pens for our livestock and fortified towns for our wives and children.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).