1 Samuel 17:4
Isang malakas na tao ang lumabas mula sa kampo ng mga Filisteo, isang taong nagngangalang Goliat na mula sa Gat, na ang tangkad ay anim na kubit at isang dangkal.This verse in the real world
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In what words
- בֵּנַיִםbênayima double interval, i.e. the space between two armies
- זֶרֶתzereththe spread of the fingers, i.e. a span
- גׇּלְיַתGolyathGoljath, a Philistine
- גֹּבַהּgôbahhelation, grandeur, arrogance
- גַּתGathGath, a Philistine city
- אַמָּהʼammâhproperly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit;
- מַחֲנֶהmachănehan encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or
- שֵׁשׁshêshsix (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- Gath: a Philistine capital and its siegeConfirmed by the groundGath was a very large Philistine city, and it was besieged and destroyed in the ninth century — the period and the event 2 Kings reports.
Cross-references
Jos 11:22, 1Sa 17:23, 1Ch 20:4–8, 2Sa 21:16–22, 1Ch 11:23, 1Sa 27:4, 1Sa 21:9–10, Deu 3:11