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פנ

'pen' appears to have the ability to function as several different grammatical parts of speech.

In the vast majority of instances, the word is a noun form meaning "edge".

It might be accurate to interpret 'pen' as "leaf", (compare with [[yeleh]]). FIXME this requires further analysis and cross-reference with [[aleh]]

Another common usage of 'pen' is as an action verb meaning "to turn".

'Pen' also appears in preposition form, where it
is typically rendered "lest", but is equivalent to "before"/"nearly" in a preventative sense. This form is [[cognate]] with the Latin "pen" of the same meaning; as in "penultimate", "penumbra", etc.

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LexID 6435, 6437, 6440