1 Samuel 17:4
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.1 Samuel 17:4 in the real world
Where
Who
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