BDB4220
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 Zeph 2:5; Ezek 25:15 on Crete as original home of Philistines, see כַּפְתֹּר, פְּלִשְׁתִּי ); — הַכְּרֵתִי = substantive collective; — ׳ נֶגֶב הַכּ 1Sam 30:14 (compare Dr; ᵐ5 B Ξολθει, ᵐ5 L Ξορρι A Ξερηθει); of soldiers of David's guard, וְהַפְּלֵתִי ׳ הַכּ 2Sam 8:18 (read ׳ עַלהַֿכּ Th We Dr and others) = 1Chr 18:17; 2Sam 15:18; 2Sam 20:7 + 2Sam 20:23 Qr ( > Kt הכרי), 1Kgs 1:38; 1Kgs 1:44 ( ᵐ5 Ξελεθθει, Ξερεθθει, etc.); plural כְּרֵתִים Ezek 25:16 (|| פְּלִשְׁתִּים; ᵐ5 . Κρῆτας); גּוֺי כְּרֵתִים Zeph 2:5 ( ᵐ5 Κρητῶν; || ארץ פלשׁתים): in Zeph 2:6 We reads כֶּרֶת = Philistia (see [כָרָה], below I. כרה).
כֶּשֶׂב, כִּשְׂבָּה see כֶבֶשׂ etc.