Every Name in Tanakh

פַּלּוּא Pallu

Every verse in which this name stands — 5 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 117×5 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

An Israelite. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 46:9 and last at 1 Chronicles 5:3.

Genesis 46:9בראשית מו:ט

וּבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן חֲנוֹךְ וּפַלּוּא וְחֶצְרוֹן וְכַרְמִֽי

And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

Exodus 6:14שמות ו:יד

אֵלֶּה רָאשֵׁי בֵית־אֲבֹתָם בְּנֵי רְאוּבֵן בְּכֹר יִשְׂרָאֵל חֲנוֹךְ וּפַלּוּא חֶצְרוֹן וְכַרְמִי אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת רְאוּבֵֽן

These are the heads of their fathers’houses: the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.

Numbers 26:5במדבר כו:ה

רְאוּבֵן בְּכוֹר יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּנֵי רְאוּבֵן חֲנוֹךְ מִשְׁפַּחַת הַחֲנֹכִי לְפַלּוּא מִשְׁפַּחַת הַפַּלֻּאִֽי

Reuben, the first-born of Israel: the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

1 Chronicles 5:3דברי הימים א ה:ג

בְּנֵי רְאוּבֵן בְּכוֹר יִשְׂרָאֵל חֲנוֹךְ וּפַלּוּא חֶצְרוֹן וְכַרְמִֽי

the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Pallu?

Pallu — פלוא in Hebrew — has a gematria of 117 in the standard method.

How many times is Pallu named in the Tanakh?

5 times, first at Genesis 46:9.

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