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title: פְּנוּאֵל — Peniel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּנוּאֵל (6439), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Peniel. BDB 1906: n.pr. loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּנוּאֵל

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«פְּנוּאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Peniel** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 6439 · **BDB:** פְּנוּאֵל

### Glosses

Penuel (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Peniel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6439/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6439/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. (face of God, cf. GFM Ju 8:8; late Assyrian Panîli HilprUniv. Pa. Exp. ix. 68);—Φανουηλ, but in Gn εἶδος (τοῦ) Θεοῦ: loc. E. of Jordan, near Jabboḳ Gn 32:32 Ju 8:8(×2), 9, 17 1 K 12:25 = פְּנִיאֵל Gn 32:31: site unknown; v. especially PaineBib. Sac. 1878, 481 ff. m. in Judah 1 Ch 4:4. in Benjamin 1 Ch 8:25 Qr (Kt פניאל).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּנוּאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6439/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.25/)

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וְיִפְדְיָ֥ה וּפְנוּאֵ֖ל בְּנֵ֥י שָׁשָֽׁק׃

*Word for word:* and Iphdeiah and Penuel \[were\].the.sons of.Shashak

*JPS 1917:* and Iphdeiah, and Penuel, were the sons of Shashak.

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[1 Chronicles 4:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.4/)

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וּפְנוּאֵל֙ אֲבִ֣י גְדֹ֔ר וְעֵ֖זֶר אֲבִ֣י חוּשָׁ֑ה אֵ֤לֶּה בְנֵי־חוּר֙ בְּכ֣וֹר אֶפְרָ֔תָה אֲבִ֖י בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃

*Word for word:* and Penuel \[was\].the.father of.Gedor and Ezer \[was\].the.father of.Hushah these \[were\].the.descendants of.Hur the.firstborn of.Ephrath the.father of Bethlehem

*JPS 1917:* and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur the first-born of Ephrath, the father of Beth-lehem.

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