פאה

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פאה

/peˈ(ʔ)a/ Modern Israeli
/peɪ̯ˈɔ/
/peˈa/
/peˈʔːɔ/
/peːˈʔɑː/

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From Proto-Semitic *piʔat-.

noun פֵּאָה · pe'á · pēʾâ · פֵּאוֹת · פְּאַת־ · פְּאוֹת־

wig בימי הביניים נהגו השופטים לחבוש פאות בצבע לבן.
a face (of a polyhedron)
a sidelock לֹא תַקִּפוּ פְּאַת רֹאשְׁכֶם וְלֹא תַשְׁחִית אֵת פְּאַת זְקָנֶךָ׃
a sideburn
Biblical corner, edge Near-synonym: אֶפֶס (éfes)
Similar: אֶפֶס

proper noun פֵּאָה · pe'á

Judaism One of the 613 commandments: to leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor.
Pe'ah: The second tractate in the Seder Zeraim of the Mishnah and of the Talmud, whose first part deals with that commandment.

In English

peruke wig
face geometry: bounding surface of a polyhedron — see also side
side flat surface of an object
wig head of artificial hair
sideburns facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the s
sheitel wig worn by married orthodox Jewish women
sidelock sidelock

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {פאה},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%94},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}