Senses
1. precious stones (pearls, corals, jewels) — The Hebrew noun פְּנִינִים (peninim) referring to precious stones or gems, variously translated as pearls, corals, rubies, or jewels depending on the version. The exact identification of this stone is uncertain in biblical scholarship, but the word consistently denotes something of great value used in comparison ('more precious than X'). All four clusters are the same lexeme: comparative forms (eng: than jewels/than pearls, spa: más que perlas, hin: मोतियों से अधिक, arb: مِنْ اللُّؤْلُؤِ, kor: 진주들보다, swa: zaidi ya lulu), absolute (eng: pearls, spa: rubíes, arb: لآلِئَ, kor: 보석들이), ketiv variant, and the 'corals' rendering (eng: more than corals, spa: más que corales, swa: kuliko marijani). The variation in translation reflects lexicographic uncertainty, not separate senses. 7×
AR["(مِنْ-اللُّؤْلُؤِ)","[مِنْ-اللُّؤْلُؤِ]","لآلِئَ","مِنَ-اللؤلؤِ","مِنَ-اللُّؤْلُؤِ","مِنْ-اللُّؤْلُؤِ"]·ben["-এর-থেকে-মুক্তা","-মুক্তার-চেয়ে","কেরী","প্রবালের-চেয়ে","মুক্তা","মুক্তার-চেয়ে"]·DE["[(מפנינים)]","[[מפניים]]","[מפנינים]","[פנינים]"]·EN["[ketiv]","above-jewels","more-than-corals","pearls","than-jewels","than-pearls"]·FR["[מפנינים]","de-perle","perle"]·heb["מ-פנינים","פנינים"]·HI["मूंगे-से-अधिक","मोतियों-से","मोतियों-से-अधिक","मोती"]·ID["[ketiv]","dari-mutiara","daripada-permata","mutiara"]·IT["[מפנינים]","da-perla","perla"]·jav["katimbang-mutyara","langkung-saking-mirah","langkung-saking-mutiara","mutiara","saking-mutiara"]·KO["[크타브]","보석들이","산호-보다","진주-들-보다","진주들-보다","진주보다"]·PT["[ketiv]","de-pérolas","do-que-pérolas","mais-que-corais","pérolas","que-perolas","é-mais-que-pérolas."]·RU["(более-жемчуга),","[ктив:мипаниьим]","больше-кораллов","больше-чем-жемчуг","выше-жемчуга","жемчуга,","жемчужин"]·ES["[más-que-perlas]","más-que-corales","más-que-perlas","que-perlas","rubíes"]·SW["kuliko-almasi","kuliko-lulu","kuliko-marijani","lulu","ni-zaidi-ya-lulu","zaidi-ya-lulu"]·TR["[kere]","inciler","incilerden","incilerden-üstündür","mercandan"]·urd["(موتیوں-سے)","[موتیوں-سے]","سے-موتیوں","موتی","موتیوں-سے","موتیوں-سے بڑھکر ہے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† פְּנִינִים n.[f.]pl. corals (? as branching, cf. Arabic فَنَنٌ branch of tree; so Mich Thes al.; > pearls BoHieroz. 601 Di Jb after Ra al.);—פ׳ fig. of value Pr 20:15; usu.מִפּ׳, comp. Jb 28:18; Pr 3:15 (Kt מפניים), 8:11; 31:10 (all of value), La 4:7 (of red colour); + ψ 45:14 (perhaps; for פְּנִימָה, q.v.).