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But the original Hebrew word is "פְּלִשְׁתִּים֒" which is "Philistines", not "foreigners".

P.S. My only reaction to the response is "whoosh!".

I don't think that disagrees with what I said. I was translating the Greek, not the Hebrew. But you're right the Hebrew פְּלִשְׁתִּים֒ is unambiguously "Philistines."

The Greek quoted above is from the Septuagint, and those translators rendered that word as ἀλλόφυλοι, roughly "those of another tribe." So "foreigners" is the closest I have in English to the Greek word, and "Philistines" is who it refers to.

I'm no scholar here, just a dabbler, so I'm happy the discussion is happening at all.

It's funny to be randomly reminded of the phyles from The Diamond Age, also from φυλή (it's an English word borrowed directly from the Greek, but not a very familiar one in many contexts today).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age#Phyles

In that case I'll consider myself whooshed.

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