H1477 H1477
the Gunite (gentilicial from Guni)
This gentilicial adjective appears in Numbers 26:48, designating descendants of Guni in the tribal census. The form follows standard Hebrew patterns for creating clan designations from personal names. However, textual critics propose reading the same gentilicial in two disputed passages: 2 Samuel 23:32 and 1 Chronicles 11:34, where the received text has different forms. The Septuagint readings in those passages support the emendation. Such textual proposals illustrate how gentilicial forms, being relatively uncommon, were susceptible to scribal confusion.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A clan designation meaning 'descendants of Guni' in Numbers 26:48's census list. English 'the Gunite,' Spanish 'los gunitas' (plural), French 'le Gunite,' and German 'der Gunite' all follow standard gentilicial translation patterns. The definite article with collective noun can be rendered singular ('the Gunite [clan]') or plural ('the Gunites'). The census context requires precise clan identification for territorial allotment purposes. 1×
AR["الْجُونِيِّ"]·ben["গূনীয়দের"]·DE["der-Gunite"]·EN["the-Gunite"]·FR["le-Gunite"]·heb["ה-גוני"]·HI["गूनी-का"]·ID["orang-Guni"]·IT["il-Gunite"]·jav["tiyang-Guni"]·KO["그-구니-의"]·PT["o-gunita"]·RU["Гуниево"]·ES["los-gunitas"]·SW["Waguni"]·TR["-Gunililer'in"]·urd["جونیوں-کا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גּוּנִי adj.gent. of foregoing 1.; c. art. as n. coll. הַגּוּנִי Nu 26:48; also of individ. 2 S 23:32 according to 𝔊L (Ιεσσαι ὁ Γουνι) Klo Dr; read יָשֵׁן הַגּוּנִי; also 1 Ch 11:34 where read id. for השׁם הגזוני (𝔊L Εἰρασαι ὁ Γουνι).