כרתים

Hebrew

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

כְּרֵתִים • (kretím) m

  1. Crete (an island in the Mediterranean, and the largest in Greece)
    Synonym: כַּפְתּוֹר (kaftór) (biblical)
    • Tanach, Ezekiel 25:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יהוה הִנְנִי נוֹטֶה יָדִי עַל־פְּלִשְׁתִּים וְהִכְרַתִּי אֶת־כְּרֵתִים וְהַאֲבַדְתִּי אֶת־שְׁאֵרִית חוֹף הַיָּם.
      lachén ko amár adonáy YHWH hinəní noté yadí 'al-pəlištím vəhichrátti et-kəretím vəhaavádti et-šəerít ḥof hayyám.
      Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will stretch out My hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites, and destroy the remnant of the sea-coast.

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