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Strong's #6423 - פְּלֹנִי
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- a certain one
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did not use
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2611) nlp (פלנ PLN) AC: ? CO: One AB: ?
cfm ) inflp (פלוני PLWNY) - Such: A certain one. KJV (3): such - Strongs: H6423 (פְּלֹנִי)
jfm) infmlp (פלמוני PLMWNY) - One: A certain one. KJV (1): certain - Strongs: H6422 (פַּלְמֹנִי)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
, feminine 
; Arabic 
W AG i.§ 353 R.c, voc. 
Siegf ZW Th xxvii. 355; As pulpul HptBAS i. 114), always joined with צַלְמֹנִי (properly one not mentioned) in the sense of 'ein gewisser verschwiegener' (Ew§ 106c, 2 Sta§ 150 b), ' a certain unnamed one', i.e. such a one; Ruth 4:1 שְׁבָהמֹּֿהמְּלֹנִי 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, 1 Samuel 21:3; 2 Kings 6:8. From ׳א׳פ arose by contraction (or conflation, Perles Anal.82) מַּלְמֹנִי Daniel 8:13 ויאמר ֗֗֗ הַמְדַבֵּר ׳לַמּ to that certain one who spake. — II. מְּלֹנִי see below.
פְּלֹנִי
(1) such a one, quidam, ὁ δεῖνα (pr. Arab. فُلاَنُ; Syr. ܦܠܳܢ distinguished, defined; one whom I point out, as it were, with the finger, but do not name; from the unused noun פָּלוֹן; root פָּלָה to distinguish); always joined with אַלְמֹנִי (pr. one who is nameless): Used or persons, Ruth 4:1, in the vocative, שְׁבָה־פֹּה פְּלֹנִי אַלְמֹנִי “sit down here; ho! such a one;” Gr. ὦ οὗτος; Arab. يَا فُلاَ, يَا فُلُ, يا هذا. Used of things, 1 Samuel 21:3, אֶל־מְקוֹם פְּלֹנִי אַלְמֹנִי “to such a certain place;” 2 Kings 6:8. From these two words is compounded פַּלְמֹנִי Daniel 8:13.
(2) [Pelonite], Gent. n., from a place otherwise unknown, פָּלוֹן 1 Chronicles 11:27, 36 1 Chronicles 11:36.
