Lexical Definition

‎פָּנִין‎ pânîyn (paw-neen') jewel ^H:N-M
or פָּנִי pânîy (paw-nee'); from the same as ‎פֵּן‎

ruby.

• probably a pearl (as round)

1) a precious stone
1a) perhaps corals, rubies, jewels

See Greek: λίθος · λίθος · πολυτελής

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פְּנִינִים‎ noun [feminine] plural corals (? as branching compare Arabic branch of tree; so Mich Thes and others; > pearls Bo^{Hieroz. 601} Di^Jb after Ra and others); — ‎׳‎‎פ‎ figurative of value Prov 20:15 usually ‎׳‎‎מִפּ‎, camp. Job 28:18; Prov 3:15 (Kt ‎מפניים‎), Prov 8:11; Prov 31:10 (all of value), Lam 4:7 (of red colour); + Ps 45:14* (perhaps; for ‎פְּנִימָה‎, q. v. ).

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