Bible Name

Biblical Name	Meaning or History	Gender
Peninnah (Pnina) פְּנִנָּה (פנינה)	In modern Hebrew, the name "פְּנִנָּה" (Pnina) sounds like the word פְּנִינָה (pnina, "pearl").
Shamir שָׁמִיר	Dill (plant); emery (stone); in the Biblical time: a name of a city in the mountains of Judah; today: a name of a kibbutz in the Galilee.
Shoham שֹׁהַם (שוהם)	Shoham was one of the twelve precious stones inlayed in the breastplate of the hight priest. It is sometimes identified as a black Onyx.
Zur (Tzur, Tsur) צוּר	Big rock.

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