Word study · Hebrew
peloni almoni
so-and-so
Say it: peh-lo-NEE al-mo-NEE (approximate)
פְּלֹנִי אַלְמֹנִי
What it means
A rhyming expression for someone or somewhere left unnamed, like "so-and-so" or "such and such." Boaz surely knew the man's name, but the writer chooses not to give it.
Open question Debated
Why the writer leaves him unnamed is a matter of interpretation. One common reading: he refused to keep a dead man's name alive, so his own name is left out.
Range of meaning
- An unnamed person"So-and-so," "a certain one."
- An unnamed place"Such and such a place."
In Ruth
- Chapter 4
How Boaz addresses the closer relative (4:1), roughly "so-and-so."
Every verse (1)
Verses where H6423 or H0492 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources