Lexicon
שִׁלֹנִי
shi.lo.ni
H8023
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Shilonite

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shi.lo.ni identifies Zechariah in a genealogy as a Shilonite.

The attested use is a masculine singular gentilic identifying Zechariah within Maaseiah’s ancestral line in Nehemiah 11:5.

Senses in use

  1. Gentilic identification in an ancestral line · dominant

    In Nehemiah 11:5, the masculine singular gentilic form follows “Zechariah” at the end of Maaseiah’s ancestry. The APB renders the verse’s final identification as “Zechariah son of the Shilonite,”.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Nehemiah 11:5, the APB presents the term within Maaseiah’s genealogy as “the Shilonite.” This rendering confirms the verse’s overall ancestral identification rather than isolating every feature of the Hebrew form.

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