Study it in the app“As he was speaking with them, look, the champion was coming up —Goliath the Philistine was his name, of Gath— from the battle lines of the Philistines, and he spoke according to these words; and David heard.”
As heוְהוּאwas speakingמְדַבֵּרwith them,עִמָּםlook,וְהִנֵּהthe championאִישׁ הַבֵּנַיִםwas coming upעוֹלֶה—Goliathגָּלְיָתthe Philistineהַפְּלִשְׁתִּיwas his name,שְׁמוֹof Gath—מִגַּתfrom the battle linesמִמַּעַרְכוֹתof the Philistines,פְּלִשְׁתִּיםand he spokeוַיְדַבֵּרaccording to theseכַּ הָאֵלֶּהwords;דְּבָרִיםand Davidדָּוִדheard.וַיִּשְׁמַע
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “medaber” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsspace between
The space between two: the ground between two armies. "The man of the in-between" is the warrior who goes out into that space to fight alone for his army; so it is translated "the champion".
Where else “benayim” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ole” appearsGoliath
Goliath, a Philistine warrior from the city of Gath, of enormous height, whom David defeated with a sling (1 Samuel 17).
Where else “galyat” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishti” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsGath
See it on the mapWhere else “gat” appearsbattle line
An army drawn up in battle order, ready to fight.
Where else “maarchot” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishma” appearsGath ?
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).
22David left the baggage that was on him in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the battle line, and came and asked his brothers about their welfare.
23 · This verse (above)
24And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from before him and were very afraid.
