{"def":{"lit":"facing God","short":"Penuel or Peniel, a place East of Jordan; also (as Penuel) the name of two Israelites","long":["(n pr m) a Benjamite, son of Shashak, brother of Iphedeiah of the family of Saul","son of Hur, father of Gedor, and a descendant of Judah","(n pr loc) the place named by Jacob when he wrestled with God and located on the north bank of the Jabbok close to the Jordan"]},"deriv":"or (more properly,) פְּנִיאֵל; from H6437 and H0410; face of God","pronun":{"ipa":"pɛ̆.n̪uːˈʔel","ipa_mod":"pɛ̆.nuˈʔel","sbl":"pĕnûʾēl","dic":"peh-noo-ALE","dic_mod":"peh-noo-ALE"}}