Jastrow: פִּינָּה

פִּינָּה, פִּנָּה f. (b. h.; פָּנָה) 1) turn, movement.—Pl. פִּינּוֹת (פּוֹנוֹת). Yoma 58ᵇ כל פי׳ שאתה פונה וכ׳ (Ms. M. 2 פנות; Ms. O. פו׳) all the turns you make (in the Temple) must be towards the right; ib. 15ᵇ (Ms. M. פו׳); Zeb. 62ᵇ (Ms. M. פו׳); Sot. 15ᵇ פו׳; Yalk. Lev. 446 פְּנִיּוֹת; a. e.—[With the exception of Sot. l. c. our editions read פינות]. —2) corner. Ex. R. s. 37, beg. (ref. to Zech. X, 4) ממנו פ׳ זה וכ׳ ‘from him (Israel) the cornerstone is taken’, this refers to King David (with ref. to Ps. XVIII, 22). Ab. d’R. N. ch. XXVIII שלש מידות … אבן פ׳ וכ׳ there are three qualities of scholars, a hewn stone (seated in the wall), a corner stone &c.; אבן פ׳ שיש לו שתי פיות וכ׳ (one versed in Midrash and Halakhah) is a corner stone which has two faces only.—Pl. as ab. Midd. I, 1 על ארבע (פִּינּוֹתֶיהָ) פִּינּוֹתָיו in its four corners. Erub. 11ᵃ, v. פֵּאָה.