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title: פִּלְאִי — wonderful · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּלְאִי (6383), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: wonderful. BDB 1906: adj. wonderful, incomprehensible. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פִּלְאִי

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«פִּלְאִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wonderful** — 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:** 6383 · **BDB:** פִּלְאִי

### Glosses

\[is.too\].wonderful (1); \[is\].incomprehensible (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wonderful [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6383/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. wonderful, incomprehensible [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6383/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. wonderful, incomprehensible;—m. פלאי (i.e. פִּלְאִי Kt, Ju 13:18 (name of מַלְאַךְ י׳; \> Qr (א)פֶּ֫לִי); f. פלאיה דַעַת מִמֶּנִּי (i.e. פִּלְאִיָה) ψ 139:6 God’s knowledge; \> Qr פְּלִיאָה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פִּלְאִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6383/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 139:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.6/)

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פְּלִ֣יאָֽה דַ֣עַת מִמֶּ֑נִּי נִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗ה לֹא־א֥וּכַֽל לָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* \[is.too\].wonderful knowledge for me it.is.set.on.high not I.am.able to it

*JPS 1917:* Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too high, I cannot attain unto it.

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[Judges 13:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.13.18/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לּוֹ֙מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה תִּשְׁאַ֣ל לִשְׁמִ֑י וְהוּא־פֶ֛לִאי׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to him the.angel of.Yahweh why? this are.you.asking to name my and it \[is\].incomprehensible

*JPS 1917:* And the angel of the LORD said unto him: 'Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is hidden?'

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