Hebrew word · H6396

פַּלּוּא

falu'

Pallu

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Reuben living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.9;

son of: Reuben (H7205);

brother of: Hanoch (H2585J), Hezron (H2696) and Carmi (H3756);

father of: Eliab (H0446H)

Also named: pal.lu.i (פַּלֻּאִי "Palluite" H6384)

§ Pallu or Phallu = "distinguished"

the 2nd son of Reuben, father of Eliab, and progenitor of a family of Israel

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 46:9 וּפַלּ֖וּא and Pallu

    The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Exodus · 1

  1. Exodus 6:14 וּפַלּוּא֙ and Pallu

    These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

    Here: 'And Pallu', founder of the Palluite clan. According to Numbers 26:8–9, his line produced Dathan and Abiram, who later rebelled against Moses.

Numbers · 2

  1. Numbers 26:5 לְפַלּ֕וּא of Pallu

    Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. These were the descendants of Reuben: The Hanochite clan from Hanoch, the Palluite clan from Pallu,

  2. Numbers 26:8 פַלּ֖וּא Pallu

    Now the son of Pallu was Eliab,

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 5:3 וּפַלּ֖וּא and Pallu

    The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

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