Lexical Definition

‎פְּלֹנִי‎ pᵉlônîy (pel-o-nee') someone ^H:N
from ‎פָּלָה‎

such.

• such a one, i.e. a specified person

1) a certain one

Extended Information

• Also means: pal.mo.ni (‎פ‎ַּ‎ל‎ְ‎מו‎ֹ‎נ‎ִ‎י‎ "certain" פַּלְמוֹנִי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎פְּלֹנִי‎ pronoun a certain one; Greek ὁ, ἡ δεῖνα (according to Thes from above √, through an unused noun ‎פָּלֹן‎, properly one defined, a particular one: Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , feminine ; Arabic W^{AG i.§ 353 R.c}, voc. Siegf^ZW Th xxvii. 355; As pulpul Hpt^{BAS i. 114}), always joined with ‎צַלְמֹנִי‎ (properly one not mentioned) in the sense of 'ein gewisser verschwiegener' (Ew^{§ 106 c, 2} Sta^{§ 150 b}), 'a certain unnamed one', i.e. such a one; Ruth 4:1 ‎שְׁבָהפֹּֿה‎ ‎פְּלֹנִי אַלְמֹנִי‎ sit down here, such a one (Greek ὦ οὖτος; Arabic ); in the phrase ‎׳‎‎א‎ ‎׳‎‎מְקוֺם פ‎ the place of such a one = such and such a place, 1Sam 21:3*; 2Kgs 6:8. From ‎׳‎‎א‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ arose by contraction (or conflation, Perles^Anal.82) ‎פַּלְמֹנִי‎ Dan 8:13 ‎ויאמר ֗֗֗ ‎ ‎הַמְדַבֵּר‎ ‎׳‎‎לַפּ‎ to that certain onewho spake. — II. ‎פְּלֹנִי‎ see below.

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