פְּלֹנִי

pe.lo.ni

someone

Strong’s H6423Noun3 times in the Hebrew Bible

a certain one3

In the text

Ruth 4:1פְּלֹנִי
Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
1 Samuel 21:2פְּלֹנִי
“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission on which I am sending you. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.
2 Kings 6:8פְּלֹנִי
Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

פְּלֹנִי pron. a certain one (prop. one defined, a particular one), always joined with אַלְמֹנִי (prop. one not mentioned)

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.