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title: פְּלֹנִי — a certain one · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּלֹנִי (6397), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: a certain one. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּלֹנִי

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«פְּלֹנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a certain one** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6397 · **BDB:** פְּלֹנִי²

### Glosses

Pelonite (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a certain one [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6397/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6397/#m2)

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**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.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּלֹנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6397/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.27/)

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שַׁמּוֹת֙ הַהֲרוֹרִ֔י חֶ֖לֶץ הַפְּלוֹנִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Shammoth the Harorite Helez the Pelonite

*JPS 1917:* Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite;

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[1 Chronicles 11:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.36/)

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חֵ֚פֶר הַמְּכֵ֣רָתִ֔י אֲחִיָּ֖ה הַפְּלֹנִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Hepher the Mekerathite Ahijah the Pelonite

*JPS 1917:* Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite;

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