Hebrew Interlinear

1 Samuel 17:4 Interlinear

“And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines Goliath named of Gath whose height was six cubits and a span”

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1 Samuel 17 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיֵּצֵ֤א	H3318	And there went out	to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
2	אִֽישׁ	H376	a champion	a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
3	הַבֵּנַ֙יִם֙	H1143		a double interval, i.e., the space between two armies
4	מִמַּֽחֲנ֣וֹת	H4264	out of the camp	an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or e
5	פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים	H6430	of the Philistines	a pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth
6	גָּלְיָ֥ת	H1555	Goliath	goljath, a philistine
7	שְׁמ֖וֹ	H8034	named	an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
8	מִגַּ֑ת	H1661	of Gath	gath, a philistine city
9	גָּבְה֕וֹ	H1363	whose height	elation, grandeur, arrogance
10	שֵׁ֥שׁ	H8337	was six	six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
11	אַמּ֖וֹת	H520	cubits	properly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
12	וָזָֽרֶת׃	H2239	and a span	the spread of the fingers, i.e., a span

1 Samuel 17:4 (current)And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines Goliath named of Gath whose height was six cubits and a span