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|The word rendered "duke" in the [[KJV]] is '''אלוף''' (''aluph''). The best translation is "sheikh" for a leader of a part-[[Arab]] people. ''Aluph'' literally means "strong man," and can mean "leader." (Root ''aleph'' an [[ox]], or a thousand, or a military unit slightly larger than a battalion and tentatively regarded as a thousand strong). The noble title of "duke" in English (or ''duc'' in French, etc.) derives from the Latin ''duceo'', meaning "I lead."

|The word rendered "duke" in the [[KJV]] is '''אלוף''' (''aluph''). The best translation is "sheikh" for a leader of a part-[[Arab]] people. ''Aluph'' literally means "strong man," and can mean "leader." (Root ''aleph'' an [[ox]], or a thousand, or a military unit slightly larger than a battalion and tentatively regarded as a thousand strong). The noble title of "duke" in English (or ''duc'' in French, etc.) derives from the Latin ''duceo'', meaning "I lead."

The first modern person to carry the title of ''Aluf'' was [[Colonel]] David D. "Mickey" Marcus, [[United States Army]], also known as Michael Stone, assigned as theater commander of the [[Jerusalem]] campaign and the most famous of the foreign volunteers who fought to assure the independence of [[Israel]] in 1948. Today an ''Aluf'' is a flag-ranked officer in the modern IDF.

The first modern person to carry the title of ''Aluf'' was [[Colonel]] David D. "Mickey" Marcus, [[United States Army]], also known as Michael Stone, assigned as theater commander of the [[Jerusalem]] campaign and the most famous of the foreign volunteers who fought to assure the independence of [[Israel]] in 1948. Today an ''Aluf'' is a flag-ranked officer in the modern Israel Defense Forces.

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