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2 Samuel 20:7

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3318 And there went out ויצאו

H310 after אחריו

H376 him Joab's men אנשׁי

H3097 יואב

H3774 and the Cherethites והכרתי

H6432 and the Pelethites והפלתי

H3605 and all וכל

H1368 הגברים

H3318 and they went out ויצאו

H3389 מירושׁלם

H7291 to pursue לרדף

H310 after אחרי

H7652 Sheba שׁבע

H1121 the son בן

H1075 of Bichri בכרי׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

there

went

H3318 out

H310 after

him

Joab's

H376 men

and

the

H3774 Cherethites

and

the

H6432 Pelethites

and

H3605 all

the

mighty

H376 men

and

they

went

H3318 out

H4480 Jerusalem

H7291 pursue

H310 after

H7652 Sheba

the

H1121 son

H1075 Bichri

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H6432

Hebrew: פְּלֵתִי

Transliteration: Pᵉlêthîy

Pronunciation: pel-ay-thee'

Part of Speech: Adjective

Bible Usage: Pelethites.

Definition:

a courier (collectively) or official messenger

Pelethites = "couriers"

1. a collective name for the guardsmen of David

a. probably descendants of an unknown person, perhaps Philistine mercenaries

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