pe.ni.mah marks an interior location or movement into an inner area, especially in house and sanctuary settings.

The attested use marks what is located, done, or entered in an interior area: chiefly the inside of a house or sanctuary, with related uses for reporting or entering inward. The same spatial orientation occurs in architectural description, purification activity, and movement into a king's house.

1. Inside a house or sanctuary · dominant

   The adverb marks interior space in architectural and sanctuary descriptions. In 1 Kings 6:18 the APB renders cedar as being "toward the house within," while 1 Kings 6:21 describes the house overlaid "within"; 2 Chronicles 29:16 places the priests in "the inner part of the house of the LORD" for purification.

   1 Kings 6:181 Kings 6:191 Kings 6:211 Kings 6:302 Chronicles 29:162 Chronicles 3:4
2. Inward movement or interior placement · common

   The adverb accompanies movement or placement directed to an inner area. In 2 Kings 7:11 the APB renders the report as given "inside the king's house," and in Ezekiel 41:3 it renders entry as "within" before measurements of the entrance; Leviticus 10:18 refers to blood not brought into "the inner sanctuary."

   2 Kings 7:11Ezekiel 41:3Leviticus 10:18Ezekiel 40:162 Chronicles 29:18Psalm 45:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously uses "within," "inside," "inner part," and "inner sanctuary" in these verses. These renderings confirm the verses' interior spatial setting rather than establishing separate definitions.