פְּנ֨וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 פְּנ֨וּ

   pe-NU

   turn
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 פְּנ֨וּ וּסְע֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם

   pe-NU u-se-U la-KHEM

   turn and travel for yourselves
3. clause🔊 מָחָ֗ר פְּנ֨וּ וּסְע֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר דֶּ֥רֶךְ יַם־סֽוּף׃

   ma-KHAR pe-NU u-se-U la-KHEM ha-mid-BAR DE-rekh yam-SUF

   tomorrow turn and travel for yourselves into the wilderness by the way of the Sea of Reeds
4. sentence🔊 וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִ֥י וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בָּעֵ֑מֶק מָחָ֗ר פְּנ֨וּ וּסְע֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר דֶּ֥רֶךְ יַם־סֽוּף׃

   ve-ha-a-ma-LE-ki ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI yo-SHEV ba-E-mek ma-KHAR pe-NU u-se-U la-KHEM ha-mid-BAR DE-rekh yam-SUF

   and the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwells in the valley tomorrow turn and travel for yourselves into the wilderness by the way of the Sea of Reeds

Exegesis

The adverb machar {מָחָ֗ר | mā-ḥār} ‘tomorrow’ introduces a temporal frame that triggers the sequence of imperatives penu {פְּנ֨וּ | pə-nū} ‘turn’ and use’u {וּסְע֥וּ | ū-sə-‘û} ‘set out’.

Root and etymology

p-n-h🔊 פ־נ־הpe-nun-he

“to turn aside”