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1 Chronicles 18:17

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1141 And Benaiah ובניהו

H1121 the son בן

H3077 יהוידע

H5921 was over על

H3774 the Cherethites הכרתי

H6432 and the Pelethites והפלתי

H1121 and the sons ובני

H1732 of David דויד

H7223 were chief הראשׁנים

H3027 about ליד

H4428 the king המלך׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H1141 Benaiah

the

H1121 son

H3111 Jehoiada

was

H5921 over

the

H3774 Cherethites

and

the

H6432 Pelethites

and

the

H1121 sons

H1732 David

were

H7223 chief

H3027 about

the

H4428 king

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