Midvash

פַּלּוּאPallûwʼ

proper name, masculine: son of Reuben (Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5; Numbers 26:8; 1 Chronicles 5:3)

Pronunciation: pal-loo' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6396

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 46:9 The sons of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
  • Exodus 6:14 These are the ancestors of some of the clans of Israel: The sons of Reuben, Israel’s oldest son, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. Their descendants became the clans of Reuben.
  • Numbers 26:5 These were the clans descended from the sons of Reuben, Jacob’s oldest son: The Hanochite clan, named after their ancestor Hanoch. The Palluite clan, named after their ancestor Pallu.
  • Numbers 26:8 Pallu was the ancestor of Eliab,
  • 1 Chronicles 5:3 The sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).