פִּנָּה28 H6438
Corner, cornerstone, or chief; the angle of a structure, a foundation stone, or a leader of the people
The Hebrew pinnah denotes the physical corner or angle of a building, altar, city wall, or street. From this concrete sense springs the powerful image of the cornerstone (even pinnah), the chief foundation stone that anchors an entire structure -- a metaphor Scripture applies both to God's creative work (Job 38:6) and to the Messiah whom the builders rejected (Psalm 118:22). In a further figurative leap, the 'corners of the people' (pinnot ha-am) designates chiefs or principal leaders, the human cornerstones holding a community together. Spanish piedra angular and English 'cornerstone' both capture this architectural-to-leadership trajectory.
Senses
1. corner or angle — The physical corner or angle of a building, altar, city wall, roof, or street. Used 22 times across Exodus, Kings, Chronicles, Nehemiah, Ezekiel, and Proverbs to denote the spatial turning-point of a constructed object or urban feature. The Spanish esquina and French coin consistently render this concrete architectural sense. 22×
AR["الزَّاوِيَةِ","الزَّوَايَا","الزّاويَة","الْـ-زَاوِيَةِ","زاوِيَةِ-","زَاوِيَةٍ","زَاوِيَتِهَا","زَوايا","زَواياهُ","زَوَايَا","زَوَايَاهُ","زَوَايَاهُمْ","ٱلزَّاوِيَةِ"]·ben["কোণগুলি","কোণগুলিতে","কোণগুলির","কোণে","কোণে-","কোণের","কোণের-সেই","তাদের-কোণগুলি","তার-কোণগুলিতে","তার-কোণগুলো","তার-কোণে"]·DE["[הפנה]","[הפנות]","[פנה]","[פנות]","[פנותם]","[פנת]","der-Corner","der-Ecke","sein-Ecken"]·EN["a-corner-of","corner","corner-of","corners-of","her-corner","its-corners","the-Corner","the-angle","the-corner","the-corners","their-corner-towers"]·FR["[הפנה]","[הפנות]","[פנה]","angle","coin","le-Corner","sa-angle-elle","son-coins"]·heb["ה-פינה","ה-פינות","ה-פנה","ה-פנות","פינה","פינות","פינותיו","פינותם","פינת-","פינתה","פנה"]·HI["उनके-कोने।","उसके-कोनों","कोने","कोने-","कोने-उसके","कोने-का","कोने-की","कोने-के","कोनों","मोड़","हप्पिन्नाह-के"]·ID["Sudut","menara-menara","menara-sudut-mereka","penjuru","sudut","sudut-sudut","sudut-sudutnya","sudutnya"]·IT["[פנה]","angolo","angolo-sua","il-Corner","suo-corners"]·jav["Pojok","pojok","pojok-ipun,","pojok-pojok","pojok-pojokipun","pojok-saking","pojokan","pojoknipun","sudut"]·KO["그-모서리들에","그-모통이","그-모통이-의","그-모통이들","그-모통이의","그것의-모퉁이들","그녀-의-모통이-의","모서리들의","모통이","모통이-","모통이-에서","모통이-의","모퉁이-의","모퉁이-탑들-그들의","모퉁이들"]·PT["a-Esquina","a-esquina","as-esquinas","as-torres","canto-de-","cantos-de","cantos-dele","de-esquina","esquina","seus-cantos","sua-esquina"]·RU["башен","башни-их","поворота","угла","угла-её,","углах","углах-его","угловыми","угловых","углу","углу-","угольных"]·ES["esquina","esquina-de-","esquina-de-ella","esquinas-de","la-Esquina","la-esquina","las-esquinas","sus-esquinas","un-rincón-del-"]·SW["Kona","kona","kona-yake","kona-zake","ngome-zao","pembe","pembe-ya","pembe-zake","pembeni","za-sehemu"]·TR["köselerinin","köşede","köşeleri","köşelerin","köşelerine","köşelerinin","köşenin","köşenin-o","köşesinde-","köşesinin-onun","pivotuna"]·urd["اُس-کے-کونوں","اُن-کے-بُرج","کونوں","کونوں-سے","کونوں-کے","کونے-","کونے-اُس-کے","کونے-میں","کونے-کا","کونے-کے","گوشے-کے"]
Exod 27:2, Exod 38:2, 2 Kgs 14:13, 2 Chr 26:9, 2 Chr 26:15, 2 Chr 28:24, Neh 3:24, Neh 3:31, Neh 3:32, Job 1:19, Ps 118:22, Prov 7:8 (+10 more)
2. cornerstone or foundation stone — The cornerstone or chief foundation stone (even pinnah), used both literally of architecture and metaphorically of God's creative and redemptive purposes. Job 38:6 asks who laid earth's cornerstone; Isaiah 28:16 promises a tested stone in Zion; Psalm 118:22 declares the rejected stone became the head corner -- a passage the New Testament applies directly to Christ. Spanish piedra angular captures this dual register. 4×
AR["حَجَرَ-زَاوِيَةٍ","رُكْنٌ","رُكْنُ","زَاوِيَتِهَا؟"]·ben["কোণা","কোণা-পাথর","কোণাপ্রস্তর","তার-কোণের"]·DE["[פנה]","[פנת]","[פנתה]"]·EN["a-cornerstone","corner","cornerstone-of","stone"]·FR["[פנת]","coin","sa-angle-elle"]·heb["פינה","פינת","פינתה"]·HI["उसके-कोने-का","कोना","कोना-का-पत्थर","कोने-के-पत्थर-ने"]·ID["batu-penjuru","penjurunya"]·IT["angolo","angolo-sua"]·jav["pojok","pojok-ipun","sudut","watu-sudut"]·KO["그것-의-모통이의","모통이","모통이들이여","모퉁이의"]·PT["a-pedra-angular-de","angular","pedra-angular","seu-canto?"]·RU["краеугольный-камень","угловой","угловой-её","угол"]·ES["angular-de","piedra-angular","piedra-angular-de","su-esquina"]·SW["jiwe-kuu","jiwe-la-pembeni","la-pembe-yake"]·TR["kose","kose-tasi","köşe-taşı","köşesinin"]·urd["اس کا کونے کا","سنگِ-بنیاد","کونے-کا","کونے-کا-پتھر"]
3. chief or leader — A figurative extension where 'corners' denotes chiefs, leaders, or principal men of the community. In Judges 20:2 and 1 Samuel 14:38, pinnot ha-am ('corners of the people') identifies the ruling leaders around whom the nation is structured, much as cornerstones anchor a building. The Spanish jefes-de makes the metaphor explicit where English preserves the architectural image. 3×
AR["زَوَايَا"]·ben["কোণ","কোণা","কোণে"]·DE["Ecken-von"]·EN["corners-of"]·FR["coins-de"]·heb["פינות"]·HI["कोने","कोनों"]·ID["pemimpin","penjuru","sudut-sudut"]·IT["angoli-di","corners-di"]·jav["pojok","pojok-pojok"]·KO["모서리들의","모통이들이","지도자들"]·PT["cantos-de","chefes-de"]·RU["главы","углах","углы"]·ES["esquinas-de","jefes-de"]·SW["kutoka-kitako","nguzo","viongozi"]·TR["köşeleri"]·urd["سرداروں","کونوں","کونے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
פִּנָּה28 n.f. corner;—abs. פ׳ 2 K 14:13 +, cstr. פִּנַּת Je 31:40 +; sf. פִּנָּתָהּ Jb 38:9, פִּנָּהּ Pr 7:8 (Ges§ 91 e); pl. פִּנּוֹת abs. Zp 1:16 2 Ch 26:15, פִּנִּים Zc 14:10; cstr. פִּנּוֹת 1 K 7:34 +, etc.;— 1. a. corner, of square objects 1 K 7:34 + v 30 (read פִּנּוֹתָיו for פַּעֲמֹתָיו, cf. Kit), Ex 27:2; 38:2; Ez 43:20; 45:19; of house Jb 1:19, roof Pr 7:12; 21:9 = 25:24; אֶבֶן לְפ׳ Je…