Lexicon
אַלְמֹנִי
al.mo.ni
H0492
H:A Hebrew

someone

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Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language

al.mo.ni marks an unspecified person, place, or available thing in the biblical clauses where it occurs.

The attested uses mark a referent without specifying its identity: an available item in 1 Samuel 21:3, a proposed location in 2 Kings 6:8, and an addressed man in Ruth 4:1.

Senses in use

  1. Unspecified referent · dominant

    In 1 Samuel 21:3, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the request for bread or whatever may be available; the APB renders the clause “or whatever is found.” In 2 Kings 6:8, the same morphology occurs in the king's statement about setting a camp at an unnamed location, rendered “at such and such a place.” In Ruth 4:1, the singular absolute form addresses the passing redeemer without naming him; the APB renders the address “you, so-and-so.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the unspecified reference with varied English phrasing: “whatever is found,” “such and such a place,” and “so-and-so.” These renderings confirm the clauses' broad indeterminacy rather than establish separate lexical senses.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture