1 Chronicles 20:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and six on each foot; and he also was the son of the giant.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתְּהִי־ע֥וֹד מִלְחָמָ֖ה בְּגַ֑ת וַיְהִ֣י ׀ אִ֣ישׁ מִדָּ֗ה וְאֶצְבְּעֹתָ֤יו שֵׁשׁ־וָשֵׁשׁ֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וְאַרְבַּ֔ע וְגַם־ה֖וּא נוֹלַ֥ד לְהָרָפָֽא׃

Transliteration

And wattəhî-again milḥāmâ in-gat, and wayəhî ʾîš middâ, and-ʾeṣbəʿōtāyw six-and-six twenty and-four, and-also-he nôlad to-the-rāp̄āʾ.

Grammar Details

• *wattəhî*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and there was
• *milḥāmâ*: noun, feminine singular - war/battle
• *gat*: proper noun - Gath
• *wayəhî*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and there was
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man of
• *middâ*: noun, feminine singular - measure/stature
• *ʾeṣbəʿōtāyw*: noun, feminine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his fingers/toes
• *nôlad*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular, niphal - he was born
• *rāp̄āʾ*: proper noun with definite article - the Rapha/giant

Word Meanings

• *wattəhî*: and there was/happened
• *milḥāmâ*: war/battle/conflict
• *wayəhî*: and there was/happened
• *ʾîš*: man/person/warrior of
• *middâ*: measure/stature/great size
• *ʾeṣbəʿōtāyw*: his fingers and toes
• *nôlad*: he was born/begotten
• *rāp̄āʾ*: the Rapha/giant/Rephaite

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  In another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in total. He too was a descendant of the giants.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six [on each hand], and six [on each foot]; and he also was born unto the giant.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Afterwarde was there a battayll at Gath, where there was a man of a greate stature, yt had sixe fyngers and sixe toes, which make foure and twentye. And he was borne also of Rapha, and spake despytefully vnto Israel.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And yet againe there was a battel at Gath, where was a man of a great stature, & his fingers were by sixes, euen foure and twentie, and was also the sonne of Haraphah.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And there chaunced yet againe warre at Geth, where as was a man of a great stature, with twentie and foure fingers and toes, sixe on euery hand, and sixe on euery foote, and was the sonne of Raphah.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of [great] stature, whose fingers and toes [were] four and twenty, six [on each hand], and six [on each foot]: and he also was the son of the giant.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  There was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were twenty-four, six [on each hand], and six [on each foot]; and he also was born to the giant.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And there is again war in Gath, and there is a man of measure, and his fingers and his toes `are' six and six, twenty and four, and also, he hath been born to the giant.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six `on each hand', and six `on each foot'; and he also was born unto the giant.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six [on each hand], and six [on each foot] ; and he also was born unto the giant.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And again there was war at Gath, where there was a very tall man, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on his hands and six toes on his feet; he was one of the offspring of the Rephaim.

• World English Bible (2000)

  There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were twenty-four, six [on each hand], and six [on each foot]; and he also was born to the giant.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  In a battle in Gath there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot– twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 21:20 : 20 And there was another battle in Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had on each hand six fingers, and on each foot six toes, twenty-four in number; and he also was born to the giant.