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title: פְּלֵתִי — courier · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּלֵתִי (6432), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: courier. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּלֵתִי

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«פְּלֵתִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **courier** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 6432 · **BDB:** פְּלֵתִי

### Glosses

Pelethite\[s\] (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

courier [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6432/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6432/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. from unknown n.pr.; only c. art. as n. coll. with הַכְּרֵתִי (q.v.) of David’s guard 2 S 8:18; 15:18; 20:7, 23; 1 K 1:38, 44; 1 Ch 18:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּלֵתִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6432/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 8:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.8.18/)

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וּבְנָיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔ע וְהַכְּרֵתִ֖י וְהַפְּלֵתִ֑י וּבְנֵ֥י דָוִ֖ד כֹּהֲנִ֥ים הָיֽוּ׃פ

*Word for word:* and Benaiah the.son of.Jehoiada and the Kerethite\[s\] and the Pelethite\[s\] and the.sons of.David \[were\].priests they.were

*JPS 1917:* and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.

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[2 Samuel 20:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.23/)

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וְיוֹאָ֕ב אֶ֥ל כָּל־הַצָּבָ֖א יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּבְנָיָה֙ בֶּן־יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔ע עַל־הַכְּרֵתִ֖י וְעַל־הַפְּלֵתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and Joab \[was\].to all the army of.Israel and Benaiah the.son of.Jehoiada \[was\].over the Kerethite\[s\] and over the Pelethite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Now Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;

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