Lexicon
פְּלֹנִי
pe.lo.ni
H6423
H:N Hebrew

someone

3
Occurrences
3
Books
Hebrew
Language

pe.lo.ni is an indefinite pronoun used for an unspecified person or place in the supplied verses.

The supplied occurrences show an indefinite pronoun used without specifying the person or location: a requested unspecified item in 1 Samuel 21:3, an unnamed camp location in 2 Kings 6:8, and an unnamed man addressed at the gate in Ruth 4:1.

Senses in use

  1. Indefinite reference to an unspecified person or place · dominant

    All three occurrences are tagged as an indefinite pronoun. In 1 Samuel 21:3 the APB renders the request as "whatever is found"; in 2 Kings 6:8 it describes a camp at "such and such a place"; and in Ruth 4:1 Boaz addresses an unnamed passerby as "you, so-and-so."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the indefinite reference with varying English expressions: "whatever is found," "such and such a place," and "you, so-and-so." These render the clauses rather than establish separate meanings.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture