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title: גִּילֹנִי — Gilonite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּילֹנִי (1526), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Gilonite. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּילֹנִי

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«גִּילֹנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gilonite** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 1526 · **BDB:** גִּילֹנִי

### Glosses

Gilonite (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gilonite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1526/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1526/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. 2 S 15:12, 23:34 = 1 Ch 11:36, where also read הַגּ׳ (for MT הַפְּלֹנִי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּילֹנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1526/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.34/)

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אֱלִיפֶ֥לֶט בֶּן־אֲחַסְבַּ֖י בֶּן־הַמַּֽעֲכָתִ֑יס אֱלִיעָ֥ם בֶּן־אֲחִיתֹ֖פֶל הַגִּלֹנִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Eliphelet the.son of.Ahasbai the.son of the.Maacathite Eliam the.son of.Ahithophel the Gilonite

*JPS 1917:* Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite;

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[2 Samuel 15:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.15.12/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח אַ֠בְשָׁלוֹם אֶת־אֲחִיתֹ֨פֶל הַגִּֽילֹנִ֜י יוֹעֵ֣ץ דָּוִ֗ד מֵֽעִירוֹ֙ מִגִּלֹ֔ה בְּזָבְח֖וֹ אֶת־הַזְּבָחִ֑ים וַיְהִ֤י הַקֶּ֙שֶׁר֙ אַמִּ֔ץ וְהָעָ֛ם הוֹלֵ֥ךְ וָרָ֖ב אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent Absalom (et) Ahithophel the Gilonite the.counselor of.David from city his from Giloh when sacrificed he (et) the sacrifices and it.was the conspiracy strong and the people \[was\].going and numerous with Absalom

*JPS 1917:* And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

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