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# פְּלֹנִי

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6423

**a certain 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

a certain one [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6423/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פְּלֹנִי²: adj.gent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6423/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. erron.: c. art. הַפְּלוֹנִי 1 Ch 11:27; 27:10 read הַפַּלְטִי as 2 S 23:26 (v. בֵּית פָּ֑לֶט); הַפְּלֹנִי 1 Ch 11:36 read הַגִּלֹנִי, as 2 S 23:34.—i. פְּלֹנִי v. פלה.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of a certain one (2); a certain one (1).

## 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/6423.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6423/): 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).