Corner (Gate)
pin.nah denotes a corner or corner-point of a structure, boundary, or stonework, including prominent cornerstones.
The term most often marks physical corners of built structures and installations, including stands, altars, houses, walls, towers, and gates. It also occurs in clauses about a stone set at a corner and about corner-points used to mark locations or limits.
Senses in use
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Structural corners of buildings and installations · dominant
Plural construct forms mark the four extremities of an altar, stand, enclosure, or house: in Exodus 27:2 the APB renders the clause "its four corners," and in Job 1:19 it renders a wind striking "the four corners of the house." Singular forms also occur with city construction and defenses; in 2 Kings 14:13 the APB names the Corner Gate in the breached wall, while 2 Chronicles 26:15 places devices on towers and corners.
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Corner stone in construction imagery · occasional
In clauses concerning a laid, rejected, or unavailable stone, the singular noun is associated with a corner position. In Job 38:6 the APB asks who laid "its cornerstone," and in Psalm 118:22 it renders the rejected stone as becoming "the cornerstone."
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Corner-point as a location or limit · occasional
The singular form can identify a point at which movement, building work, or a boundary is located. In Proverbs 7:8 the APB places the street beside "her corner," while Nehemiah 3:24 describes work continuing to "the angle and ... the corner" and Jeremiah 31:40 reaches "the corner of the Horse Gate."
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with "corner" or "corners" in structural and spatial clauses, and with "cornerstone" where a stone is laid, rejected, or described as foundational. These renderings indicate the clauses' presentation rather than fixed translations in every occurrence.