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title: פְּלֹנִי — a certain one · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּלֹנִי (6423), 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:** 6423 · **BDB:** פְּלֹנִי²

### Glosses

of.a.certain.one (2); a.certain.one (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּלֹנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6423/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.'

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

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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.

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