פִּלְאִי

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6383

wonderful — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

wonderful tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פִּלְאִי: adj. wonderful, incomprehensible tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. wonderful, incomprehensible;—m. פלאי (i.e. פִּלְאִי Kt, Ju 13:18 (name of מַלְאַךְ י׳; > Qr (א)פֶּ֫לִי); f. פלאיה דַעַת מִמֶּנִּי (i.e. פִּלְאִיָה) ψ 139:6 God’s knowledge; > Qr פְּלִיאָה.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [is too] wonderful (1); [is] incomprehensible (1).

In the verses

Psalms 139:6 · tree →

פְּלִ֣יאָֽה דַ֣עַת מִמֶּ֑נִּי נִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗ה לֹא־א֥וּכַֽל לָֽהּ׃

Word for word: [is.too].wonderful knowledge for me it.is.set.on.high not I.am.able to it

JPS 1917: Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too high, I cannot attain unto it.

Judges 13:18 · tree →

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לּוֹ֙מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה תִּשְׁאַ֣ל לִשְׁמִ֑י וְהוּא־פֶ֛לִאי׃

Word for word: and he.said to him the.angel of.Yahweh why? this are.you.asking to name my and it [is].incomprehensible

JPS 1917: And the angel of the LORD said unto him: 'Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is hidden?'

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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