Hebrew Interlinear

2 Samuel 21:20 Interlinear

And there was yet a battle in Gath where was a man of great stature fingers that had on every hand fingers and on every foot six six and twenty four in number and he also was born to the giant

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַתְּהִיH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2ע֥וֹדH5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
3מִלְחָמָ֖הH4421And there was yet a battlea battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)
4בְּגַ֑תH1661in Gathgath, a philistine city
5וַיְהִ֣י׀H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
6אִ֣ישׁH376where was a mana 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)
7מָד֗יֹןH4067of great statureextensiveness, i.e., height
8וְאֶצְבְּעֹ֨תH676fingerssomething to sieze with, i.e., a finger; by analogy, a toe
9יָדָיו֩H3027that had on every handa hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
10וְאֶצְבְּעֹ֨תH676fingerssomething to sieze with, i.e., a finger; by analogy, a toe
11רַגְלָ֜יוH7272and on every foota foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
12וָשֵׁ֗שׁH8337sixsix (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
13וָשֵׁ֗שׁH8337sixsix (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
14עֶשְׂרִ֤יםH6242and twentytwenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
15וְאַרְבַּע֙H702fourfour
16מִסְפָּ֔רH4557in numbera number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
17וְגַםH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
18ה֖וּאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
19יֻלַּ֥דH3205and he also was bornto bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
20לְהָֽרָפָֽה׃H7497to the gianta giant

Verse Context

2 Samuel 21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines...
2 Samuel 21:20 (current) And there was yet a battle in Gath where was a man of great stature fingers that had on every hand fingers and on every foot six six and twenty four in number and he also was born to the giant
2 Samuel 21:21And when he defied Israel slew Jonathan the son...

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