כְּרֵתִי

כְרֵתִי adjective, of a people, always with article, or plural, as substantive, Kerethites, a name for Philistines or a part of them (perhaps = Cretans, compare ᵐ5 Sef 2,5; Ezk 25,15 on Crete as original home of Philistines, see כַּפְתֹּר, פְּלִשְׁתִּי); — הַכְּרֵתִי = substantive collective; — ׳נֶגֶב הַכּ 1 Sam 30,14 (compare Dr; ᵐ5 B Ξολθει, ᵐ5^L Ξορρι A Ξερηθει); of soldiers of David's guard, וְהַפְּלֵתִי ׳הַכּ 2 Sam 8,18 (read ׳עַלהַֿכּ Th We Dr and others) = 1 Kron 18,17; 2 Sam 15,18; 2 Sam 20,7 + v2 Sam 20,23 Qr ( > Kt הכרי), 1 Kong 1,38; 1 Kong 1,44 (ᵐ5 Ξελεθθει, Ξερεθθει, etc.); plural כְּרֵתִים Ezk 25,16 (|| פְּלִשְׁתִּים; ᵐ5. Κρῆτας); גּוֺי כְּרֵתִים Sef 2,5 (ᵐ5 Κρητῶν; || ארץ פלשׁתים): in vSef 2,6 We reads כֶּרֶת = Philistia (see [כָרָה], below I. כרה).

כֶּשֶׂב, כִּשְׂבָּה see כֶבֶשׂ etc.