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Theseאֵלwere bornנוּלְּדוּto Raphaלְהָרָפָאin Gath,בְּגַתand they fellוַיִּפְּלוּby the handבְיַדof Davidדָּוִידand by the handוּבְיַדof his servants.עֲבָדָיו
1 Chronicles 20:8
Study it in the app“These were born to Rapha in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 20:8, word by word
- Theseאֵלel
these
These, those.
Where else “el” appears- were bornנוּלְּדוּnuldu
be born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “nuldu” appears- to Raphaרָפָאrafa
Rapha
Rapha, ancestor of some giants.
Where else “rafa” appears- in Gathגַתgat
Gath
See it on the mapWhere else “gat” appears- and they fellיִּפְּלוּyiplu
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yiplu” appears- by the handיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- of Davidדָּוִידdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- of his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The Philistine giants
See them side by side
1 Chronicles 20:4-8
4And it happened after this that war arose at Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck Sippai, of the descendants of the Rephaim; and they were subdued. 5There was war again with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair struck Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite; and the shaft of his spear was like a beam of weavers. 6There was war again at Gath, and there was a man of great stature, and his fingers were six and six, twenty-four; and he too had been born to Rapha. 7He taunted Israel, and Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, struck him. 8These were born to Rapha in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
15There was war again between the Philistines and Israel, and David went down, and his servants with him, and they fought the Philistines; and David grew weary. 16And Ishbi-benob, who was one of the descendants of Rapha —the weight of his spear was three hundred shekels in weight of bronze, and he was girded with a new sword— said that he would strike David. 17But Abishai son of Zeruiah helped him, and he struck the Philistine and put him to death. Then David’s men swore to him, saying, “You shall not go out with us to battle again, so that you do not quench the lamp of Israel.” 18After this there was again war at Gob with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck Saph, who was one of the descendants of Rapha. 19There was again war at Gob with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck Goliath the Gittite; and the shaft of his spear was like a beam of weavers. 20There was again war at Gath, and there was a man of great stature, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet were six and six, twenty-four in number; and he too had been born to Rapha. 21He taunted Israel, and Jonathan son of Shimeah, David’s brother, struck him. 22These four were born to Rapha in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
Places in this verse
Gath ?
Today: possibly Tell es-Safi (Tel Zafit), Israel
A Philistine city at the edge of the coastal plain; its exact site is not certain.
Goliath was from Gath (1 Sam 17:4). David fled from Saul to Gath and pretended to be insane (1 Sam 21:10-13).
The context
7He taunted Israel, and Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, struck him.
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