<strong>PUVAH</strong> <strong>pu’ və</strong> (<span class="hebrew">פֻּוָּ֖ה</span>). The father of Tolah (<bibleref ref="Gen.46.13">Gen 46:13</bibleref>; KJV PHUVAH, fū’ ve; <bibleref ref="Num.26.23">Num 26:23</bibleref> KJV PUA, pū’ e; <bibleref ref="Judg.10.1">Judg 10:1</bibleref> RSV PUAH, pū’ e).<br /><br />

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

pu’-a, pu’-va: (1) pu’ah: One of the Hebrew midwives whom the king of Egypt commanded to kill all male children of the Hebrews at birth. The midwives, fearing God, refused to obey, pretending that the children of the Hebrew women were usually born before they arrived. Their act is spoken of as being meritorious in the eyes of the Lord, who is said to have rewarded them by making "houses" for them (<bibleref ref="Exod.1.15-Exod.1.20">Ex 1:15-20</bibleref>). In the Midrash, Ex Rabba’, Puah is identified with Miriam, and Shiphrah, the other midwife, with her mother Jochebed. According to another tradition Puah was a proselyte.<br /><br />

(2) pu’ah, in <bibleref ref="1Chr.7.1">1Ch 7:1</bibleref>; puwwah, in <bibleref ref="Gen.46.13">Ge 46:13</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Num.26.23">Nu 26:23</bibleref>; written also "Pua" the <span class="auto-link">[[King James Version]]</span>, and "Puvah" <span class="auto-link">[[Revised Version]]</span>: Second son of Issachar, ancestor of the Punites, enumerated in the desert census taken by Moses and Eleazar.

(3) pu’ah: Member of the tribe of Issachar, mentioned (<bibleref ref="Judg.10.1">Jud 10:1</bibleref>) as the son of Dodo and the father of Tola, the judge.<br /><br />