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2 Samuel 8:18

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1141 And Benaiah ובניהו

H1121 the son בן

H3077 of Jehoiada יהוידע

H3774 was over both the Cherethites והכרתי

H6432 and the Pelethites והפלתי

H1121 and David's sons ובני

H1732 דוד

H3548 chief rulers כהנים

H1961 were היו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H1141 Benaiah

the

H1121 son

H3077 Jehoiada

was

over

both

the

H3774 Cherethites

and

the

H6432 Pelethites

and

David's

H1121 sons

H1961 were

chief

H3548 rulers

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H3774

Hebrew: כְּרֵתִי

Transliteration: Kᵉrêthîy

Pronunciation: ker-ay-thee'

Part of Speech: Adjective

Bible Usage: {Cherethims} Cherethites.

Definition:

a Kerethite or life guardsman (compare {H3876 }) (only collectively in the singular as plural)

Cherethites = "executioners"

1. a group of foreign mercenary soldiers serving as a bodyguard for king David; also executioners

2. either Cretans or proto-Philistines (in general)

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906