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By Aamir Mannan.

The Israelites were probably acquainted with pearls, but it is contentious whether the word pearl is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), referred to as the Old Testament by Christians. Some of the words mentioned in the Tanakh, that are argued by some to mean pearls are "peninim," "ra'mot," "netofot," "shoham" and "gabish."

"Peninim" and "ramot" are objects of great costliness, taken to mean pearls. "Peninim" as appearing in Lam.iv.7 is taken by some authorities to indicate objects whose color is red, probably red pearls. However, others consider the two words actually refer to red corals or red rubies. The word "Netifot" mentioned in Judges.viii.26 and Isa.iii.19 may not mean pearls, but is still used in Esth.i.6, where it is some versions are translated as pearls, because the corresponding Arabic word denotes pearls. In Job.xxviii.18 the value of wisdom is compared with the value of "gabish." Some authorities believe the word "gabish" refers to pearls, while others think it refers to rock crystal. The word "shoham" stones in Gen.ii.12 is also believed to indicate pearls.