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title: פְּנִינִים — corals · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּנִינִים (6443), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: corals. BDB 1906: pl. corals. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּנִינִים

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«פְּנִינִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **corals** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 6443 · **BDB:** פְּנִינִים

### Glosses

than.corals (5); of.jewels (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

corals [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6443/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pl. corals [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6443/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\]pl. corals (? as branching, cf. Arabic فَنَنٌ branch of tree; so Mich Thes al.; \> pearls BoHieroz. 601 Di Jb after Ra al.);—פ׳ fig. of value Pr 20:15; usu.מִפּ׳, comp. Jb 28:18; Pr 3:15 (Kt מפניים), 8:11; 31:10 (all of value), La 4:7 (of red colour); + ψ 45:14 (perhaps; for פְּנִימָה, q.v.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּנִינִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6443/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 28:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.18/)

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רָאמ֣וֹת וְ֭גָבִישׁ לֹ֣א יִזָּכֵ֑ר וּמֶ֥שֶׁךְ חָ֝כְמָ֗ה מִפְּנִינִֽים׃

*Word for word:* corals and crystal not it.is.remembered and.\[the\] price of.wisdom \[is\].more than.corals

*JPS 1917:* No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

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[Proverbs 20:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.15/)

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יֵ֣שׁ זָ֭הָב וְרָב־פְּנִינִ֑ים וּכְלִ֥י יְ֝קָ֗ר שִׂפְתֵי־דָֽעַת׃

*Word for word:* there.\[is\] gold and abundance of.jewels and.\[are\] an.article of.preciousness lips of.knowledge

*JPS 1917:* There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

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