פֶּן־ 133 (always with Makkeph 
**except 
Genesis 38:23; 
Genesis 44:34; 
Deuteronomy 7:25; 
Deuteronomy 32:27 [not Gi], 
Isaiah 27:3; 
Proverbs 25:8: Mandelkern 
Conc. under the word.) 
conjunction (averting, or deprecating), 
lest (origin dubious: Thes Kö
ii. 334 from 
פָּנָה, properly substantive construct in accusative 
for the aversion of; but 
פָנָה is intransitive: Nö
M. 474 compares the enclitic particle 
פָּנָהפּוֹן in 

, 
then ἄν, 'etwa,' thinking that a particle with the meaning 'es möchte etwa,' spoken in a tone of alarm, might readily acquire a deprecatory force); — 
lest: 
    1. with 
imperfect Genesis 3:3 ye shall not eat thereof...
פֶּן־תְּמֻתוּן lest ye die, 
Genesis 11:4 let us build a city
פֶּן־נָפוּץ lest we be scattered, 
Genesis 19:15, 
17, 
19; 
Genesis 38:23; 
Genesis 45: 
Exodus 1:10; 
Exodus 23:29; 
Exodus 23:33 etc., 
2 Kings 10:23 (followed by 
יֵשׁ), 
Isaiah 6:10; 
Isaiah 27:3; 
Isaiah 28:22; 
Isaiah 48:5, 
7; 
Psalm 2:12; 
Psalm 7:3 etc.; often after 
הִשָׁמֶרלְֿךָ take heed to thyself Genesis 24:6; 
Genesis 31:24, and especially in Deuteronomy, as 
Deuteronomy 4:9, 
23; 
Deuteronomy 6:12; 
Deuteronomy 8:11 and elsewhere; after a verb of fearing 
Genesis 32:12, and once, even, of swearing 
Judges 15:12; deprecating pathetically, 
Genesis 44:34 how shall I go up, etc.? 
lest I look upon the evil that will befal my father. Once, unusually, preceding the principal clause, 
Proverbs 5:6 פֶּוֹ־תְּפַלּלֵם חַוִּים ארַח lest she should make level the path of life, her ways are unstable, etc. (Ew Be Now; see also Toy). Note especially
 
    a. the idiom 
פֶּן־ (אָמַרְתִּי) אָמַר כִּי for he (
I) 
said, Lest..., implying always that some precaution has been taken to avert the dreaded contingency, † 
Genesis 26:9 for I said, Lest I die on account of her (to obviate which, Isaac had called Rebecca his sister), 
Genesis 31:31; 
Genesis 38:11; 
Genesis 42:4; 
Exodus 13:17; 
Numbers 16:34; 
1 Samuel 13:19; 
1 Samuel 27:11 (
לֵאמֹר), 
Psalm 38:17; with 
כי אמר implied 
Genesis 26:7; compare, with an aposiop., 
Genesis 3:22 and now, 
lest he put forth his hand, etc. (implying that measures are taken to prevent this, see 
Genesis 3:23): compare Tob 8:9.
 
    2. with 
Perfect, the result feared being conceived as having possibly already taken place; † 
2 Samuel 20:6 pursue after him, 
וְהִצִּיל ֗֗֗ לוֺ פֶּן־מָצָא lest he have found him fenced cities, etc. (but the tense of 
והציל makes 
יִמְצָא probably, Dr
sm Bu Kö
iii. 486), 
2 Kings 2:16 וגו׳ וַיַּשְׁלִכֵהוּ י׳ רוּחַ פּן־נְשָׂאוֹ
 
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