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כְּרֵתִי

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3774

Kerethites — used 10 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

Kerethites tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כְּרֵתִי: adj.gent. tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj.gent., always c. art., or pl., as subst., Kerethites, a name for Philistines or a part of them (perhaps = Cretans, cf. 𝔊 Zp 2:5 Ez 25:16; on Crete as orig. home of Philistines, v. כַּפְתֹּר, פְּלִשְׁתִּי);—הַכְּרֵתִי = subst. coll.;—נֶגֶב הַכּ׳ 1 S 30:14 (cf. Dr; 𝔊B Χολθει, 𝔊L Χορρι, A Χερηθει; of soldiers of David’s guard, הַכּ׳ וְהַפְּלֵתִי 2 S 8:18 (read עַל־הַכּ׳ Th We Dr al.) = 1 Ch 18:17; 2 S 15:18; 20:7 + v 23 Qr (> Kt הכרי), 1 K 1:38, 44 (𝔊 Χελεθθει, Χερεθθει, etc.); pl. כְּרֵתִים Ez 25:16 (‖ פְּלִשְׁתִּים; 𝔊 Κρῆτας); גּוֹי כְּרֵתִים Zp 2:5 (𝔊 Κρητῶν; ‖ ארץ פלשׁתים): in v 6 We reads כֶּרֶת = Philistia (v. [כָרָה], sub I. כרה).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Kerethite[s] (7); [the] Kerethites (1); of [the] Kerethites (1).

In the verses

2 Samuel 8:18 · tree →

וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔ע וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖י וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑י וּבְנֵ֥י דָוִ֖ד כֹּהֲנִ֥ים הָיֽוּ׃פ

Word for word: and Benaiah the.son of.Jehoiada and the Kerethite[s] and the Pelethite[s] and the.sons of.David [were].priests they.were

JPS 1917: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.

2 Samuel 20:23 · tree →

וְיוֹאָ֕ב אֶ֥ל כָּל־הַצָּבָ֖א יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּבְנָיָה֙ בֶּן־יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔ע עַל־הַכְּרֵתִ֖י וְעַל־הַפְּלֵתִֽי׃

Word for word: and Joab [was].to all the army of.Israel and Benaiah the.son of.Jehoiada [was].over the Kerethite[s] and over the Pelethite[s]

JPS 1917: Now Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;

On Mova

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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