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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - פְּנוּאֵל
פְּנוּאֵל
H6439
Transliteration: Pᵉnûwʼêl
Pronunciation: pen-oo-ale'
Definition: Peniel
Original: פּניאל פּנוּאל Transliteration: penû'êl penı̂y'êl Phonetic: pen-oo-ale'
BDB Definition:
Penuel or Peniel = "facing God"- a Benjamite, son of Shashak, brother of Iphedeiah of the family of Saul (noun proper masculine)
- son of Hur, father of Gedor, and a descendant of Judah (noun proper masculine)
- the place named by Jacob when he wrestled with God and located on the north bank of the Jabbok close to the Jordan (noun proper locative)