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Puah means "splendid" in Hebrew.

1) one of the 2 midwives of the Hebrews ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to Israel; time of Moses

Exodus 1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

2) A man of Issachar, father of Tola, the judge of Israel after Abimelech

Judges 10:1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.

Puah or Pua or Phuvah= "splendid"

3) son of Issachar

1 Chronicles 7:1 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

Numbers 26:23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:

Genesis 46:13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

I hope you find this helpful.

God bless,
Glenn