Responsa for Berakhot 7:2

וכן הוא אומר (שמואל ב כ, כג) ובניהו בן יהוידע על הכרתי ועל הפלתי ולמה נקרא שמם כרתי ופלתי כרתי שכורתים דבריהם פלתי שמופלאים בדבריהם ואח"כ שר צבא למלך יואב

"And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites" (2 Sam. xx. 23). Why were the members of the Sanhedrin called Kereti and Peleti ? They were called Kereti because they were concise [koretim] with their words, and Peleti because they were "distinguished" [muflaim] with their words. After them came "the captain of the king's host, Joab."

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