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title: פְּנִנָּה — Peninnah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּנִנָּה (6444), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Peninnah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּנִנָּה

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«פְּנִנָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Peninnah** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6444 · **BDB:** פְּנִנָּה

### Glosses

Peninnah (2); \[was\].Peninnah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Peninnah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6444/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6444/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. (proposes sg. of foregoing?) wife of Elkanah 1 S 1:2(×2), 4, Φεννανα.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּנִנָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6444/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 1:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.1.4/)

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וַיְהִ֣י הַיּ֔וֹם וַיִּזְבַּ֖ח אֶלְקָנָ֑ה וְנָתַ֞ן לִפְנִנָּ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ וּֽלְכָל־בָּנֶ֛יהָ וּבְנוֹתֶ֖יהָ מָנֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and it.was the day and he.sacrificed Elkanah and he.gave to Peninnah wife his and to all sons her and daughters her portions

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass upon a day, when Elkanah sacrificed, that he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions;

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[1 Samuel 1:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.1.2/)

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וְלוֹ֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י נָשִׁ֔ים שֵׁ֤ם אַחַת֙ חַנָּ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית פְּנִנָּ֑ה וַיְהִ֤י לִפְנִנָּה֙ יְלָדִ֔ים וּלְחַנָּ֖ה אֵ֥ין יְלָדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and.\[belonged\] to him two wives \[the\].name of.one \[was\].Hannah and the.name of the.second \[was\].Peninnah and it.was \[belonged\].to Peninnah children and to Hannah there.\[belonged\].not children

*JPS 1917:* And he had two wives: the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

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