1 Chronicles 11:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהֽוּא־הִכָּה֩ אֶת־הָאִ֨ישׁ הַמִּצְרִ֜י אִ֥ישׁ מִדָּ֣ה ׀ חָמֵ֣שׁ בָּאַמָּ֗ה וּבְיַ֨ד הַמִּצְרִ֤י חֲנִית֙ כִּמְנ֣וֹר אֹרְגִ֔ים וַיֵּ֥רֶד אֵלָ֖יו בַּשָּׁ֑בֶט וַיִּגְזֹ֤ל אֶֽת־הַחֲנִית֙ מִיַּ֣ד הַמִּצְרִ֔י וַיַּהַרְגֵ֖הוּ בַּחֲנִיתֽוֹ

Transliteration

And wəhûʾ-hikkāh ʾet-the hāʾîš the hammiṣrî ʾîš middāh ḥāmēš bāʾammāh and in ûḇəyad the hammiṣrî ḥănît like kimnôr ʾōrəgîm and wayyēred to him baššāḇeṭ and wayyigzōl ʾet-the haḥănît from miyyad the hammiṣrî and wayyahargēhû with baḥănîtô

Grammar Details

*wəhûʾ*: conjunction + 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - and he
*hikkāh*: Hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - he struck/killed
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*hāʾîš*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the man
*hammiṣrî*: definite article + gentilic adjective masculine singular - the Egyptian
*ʾîš*: noun masculine singular construct - man of
*middāh*: noun feminine singular - measure/stature
*ḥāmēš*: cardinal number - five
*bāʾammāh*: preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular - by the cubit
*ûḇəyad*: conjunction + preposition + noun feminine singular construct - and in hand of
*ḥănît*: noun feminine singular - spear
*kimnôr*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - like beam of
*ʾōrəgîm*: Qal participle masculine plural - weavers
*wayyēred*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he went down
*baššāḇeṭ*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - with the rod/staff
*wayyigzōl*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he seized/snatched
*haḥănît*: definite article + noun feminine singular - the spear
*miyyad*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct - from hand of
*wayyahargēhû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he killed him
*baḥănîtô*: preposition + noun feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with his own spear

Word Meanings

*ʾîš* *middāh*: man of stature/man of size/tall man
*ḥāmēš* *bāʾammāh*: five cubits/five forearm-lengths (approximately 7.5 feet)
*kimnôr* *ʾōrəgîm*: like a weaver's beam/like a weaver's rod
*baššāḇeṭ*: with the rod/with the staff/with the club
*wayyigzōl*: seized/snatched/tore away/plundered

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 17:7 : 7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer {H5375} went before him.
1 Sam 17:51 : 51 Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
1 Chr 20:5 : 5 And there was again war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
Deut 3:11 : 11 (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)
1 Sam 17:4 : 4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

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