אַלְמֹנִיʼalmônîy

some one, a certain (1 Samuel 21:3; 2 Kings 6:8; Ruth 4:1)

Pronunciation: al-mo-nee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H492

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Ruth 4:1 Boaz went to the town gate and took a seat there. Just then the family redeemer he had mentioned came by, so Boaz called out to him, “Come over here and sit down, friend. I want to talk to you.” So they sat down together.
  • 1 Samuel 21:2 “The king has sent me on a private matter,” David said. “He told me not to tell anyone why I am here. I have told my men where to meet me later.
  • 2 Kings 6:8 When the king of Aram was at war with Israel, he would confer with his officers and say, “We will mobilize our forces at such and such a place.”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).