פְּנֵי I, פְּנָא ch. same 1) to turn to or from; to go. Targ. Y. Gen. XXIV, 49 (O. Ithpe.). Targ. O. Deut. XXIX, 17 (Y. I Ithpe.). Targ. O. Gen. XXIV, 63 למִפְנֵי רמשא (ed. Amst. למִפַּנֵּי Ithpa.) towards evening; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 20; Yalk. ib. 30 כמִפְנֵי רמשא at the turn (approach) of the evening. Gen. R. s. 63 שלח … מִפְנֵי רמשא דערובתא sent letters to Tiberias (to reach the elders) towards the evening of Friday; (Y. Ter. VIII, 46ᵇ bot. בערובתא עם מטמעי שמשא); a. fr. —2) to remove, empty, v. infra., v. infra. —3) to ease one’s self. Ber. 62ᵃ דבעינא למִפְנֵי (Ms. F. לאַפְנוּיֵי Af.).
Pa. - פַּנֵּי 1) to clear, empty, remove. Targ. Y. Gen. XXIV, 20 Ar. (ed. ורוקינת; h. text ותער). Targ. Ps. LXXX, 10 (ed. Wil. פָּנִי׳ Pe.). Targ. O. Gen. XXIV, 31 (Y. Pe.). Targ. Is. XL, 3; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְפַנָּא clear, levelled. Targ. Gen. XIV, 17 (O. ed. Vien. מַפְנָא Af.).—Ber. l. c. פַּנּוּ לי דוכתא Ms. M. (ed. פַּנִּי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) clear a place for me. Taan. 20ᵇ בעי לפַנּוּיֵיה wanted to remove it (the wine); משכיה בשמעתא עד דפַנְּיֵיה he kept him engaged in discussion on a tradition until he had removed it. Lam. R. to V, 1 (expl. ערו, Ps. CXXXVII, 7) פַּנּוּן פנון clear, clear (the place, with ref. to ותער, Gen. XXIV, 20, v. supra), contrad. to פגר; Pesik. Zakhor, p. 26ᵃ פאטן (read פָּאנוּן); ib. ʿÃniya, p. 135ᵃ; Pesik. R. s. 32; a. fr. —2) to free, acquit. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵃ sq. פַּנִּינָן יתיה, v. דֵּיו. Y. Taan. I, 64ᵇ bot. מה מיעבד ומְפַנִּינֵיה what to do in order to release him (from prison); הא לך פַּנְּיִי בעליך here is money for thee, release thy husband; a. e. —3) to ease one’s self. Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᶜ bot. עאל לפַנּוּיֵיה (not לפונייה) went to ease himself (v. infra).