Patronymically from an unused name (from palah) meaning separate; a Pelonite or inhabitant of an unknown Palon -- Pelonite.
see HEBREW palah
H6397. Peloni
II. מְּלוֺנִי מְּלֹנִי, adjective, of a people erroneous: with article הַמְּלוֺנִי 1 Chronicles 11:27; 27:10 read הַמַּלְטִי as 2 Samuel 23:26 (see מָּ֑לֶט בֵּית); הַמְּלֹנִי 1 Chronicles 11:36 read הַנִּלֹנִי as 2 Samuel 23:34. — I.מְּלֹנִי see פלה.
פלשׂ פלס, (√ of following;? be even, balance).