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# אַלְמֹנִי

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H492

**some one** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

some one [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/492/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַלְמֹנִי: adj. some one, certain [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/492/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. some one, a certain (name unspoken); מְקוֹם פְּלֹנִי א׳ 1 S 21:3 2 K 6:8; פ׳ א׳ alone, of person, = such-an-one, so-and-so Ru 4:1.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a certain one (3).

## In the verses

[2 Kings 6:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.6.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.6.8/#tree)

וּמֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם הָיָ֥ה נִלְחָ֖ם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּוָּעַץ֙ אֶל־עֲבָדָ֣יו לֵאמֹ֗ר אֶל־מְק֛וֹם פְּלֹנִ֥י אַלְמֹנִ֖י תַּחֲנֹתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and the.king of.Aram he.was fighting against Israel and he.consulted (to) servants his (cmp) \[will.be\].to a.place of.a.certain.one a.certain.one encampment my

*JPS 1917:* Now the king of Aram warred against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying: 'In such and such a place shall be my camp.'

[Ruth 4:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.1/#tree)

וּבֹ֨עַז עָלָ֣ה הַשַּׁעַר֮ וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב שָׁם֒ וְהִנֵּ֨ה הַגֹּאֵ֤ל עֹבֵר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּר־בֹּ֔עַז וַיֹּ֛אמֶר ס֥וּרָה שְׁבָה־פֹּ֖ה פְּלֹנִ֣י אַלְמֹנִ֑י וַיָּ֖סַר וַיֵּשֵֽׁב׃

*Word for word:* and Boaz he.went.up the gate and he.sat.down there and there! the kinsman-redeemer \[was\].passing.by whom he.had.spoken Boaz and he.said turn aside sit here a.certain.one a.certain.one and he.turned.aside and he.sat.down

*JPS 1917:* Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there; and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; unto whom he said: 'Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here.' And he turned aside, and sat down.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/492.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/492/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).