H1493 H1493
the Gizonite (textual error for 'the Gunite')
First Chronicles 11:34 contains what most scholars recognize as a textual corruption: 'Hashem the Gizonite.' The Septuagint Lucianic recension reads 'Jashen the Gunite,' which aligns with the parallel list in 2 Samuel 23:32. The consonantal similarity between Hebrew letters allowed the error to occur in transmission. BDB cross-references to 'Gunite,' indicating the probable original reading. Such textual corrections, supported by parallel passages and versional evidence, demonstrate how comparative text criticism resolves scribal errors while preserving the received text tradition.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A corrupted gentilicial in 1 Chronicles 11:34, likely an error for 'the Gunite' based on Greek Septuagint evidence and the parallel 2 Samuel passage. English 'the Gizonite' and Spanish 'el gizoní' preserve the Masoretic reading, while French and German acknowledge the Hebrew form. The textual problem illustrates how genealogical lists, with their many proper names and gentilicials, were especially susceptible to scribal confusion during transmission. 1×
AR["الجِزُونِي"]·ben["গিসোনীয়"]·DE["[הגזוני]"]·EN["the-Gizonite"]·FR["[הגזוני]"]·heb["ה-גזוני"]·HI["गिजोनी"]·ID["orang-Gizon"]·IT["[הגזוני]"]·jav["tiyang-Gizon"]·KO["그-기존-사람"]·PT["o-gizonita"]·RU["гизонитянина"]·ES["el-gizoní"]·SW["Mgizoni"]·TR["Gizonlu"]·urd["جزونی"]
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
† גִּזוֹנִי adj.gent. 1 Ch 11:34 הָשֵׁם הַגּֽווֹנִי, but read יָשֵׁן הַגּוּנִי (𝔊L Εἰρασαι ὁ Γουνι) cf. גּוּנִי.