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The championאִישׁ הַבֵּנַיִםcame outוַיֵּצֵאfrom the campsמִמַּחֲנוֹתof the Philistines;פְּלִשְׁתִּיםGoliathגָּלְיָתwas his name,שְׁמוֹof Gath;מִגַּתhis heightגָּבְהוֹwas sixשֵׁשׁcubitsאַמּוֹתand a span.וָזָרֶת
1 Samuel 17:4
Study it in the app“The champion came out from the camps of the Philistines; Goliath was his name, of Gath; his height was six cubits and a span.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 17:4, word by word
- The championאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- The championבֵּנַיִםbenayim
space 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” appears- came outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- from the campsמַּחֲנוֹתmachanot
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machanot” appears- of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim
Philistines
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 “pelishtim” appears- Goliathגָּלְיָתgalyat
Goliath
Goliath, a Philistine warrior from the city of Gath, of enormous height, whom David defeated with a sling (1 Samuel 17).
Where else “galyat” appears- was his nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of Gathגַּתgat
Gath
See it on the mapWhere else “gat” appears- his heightגָּבְהgav
height
The measure of something from bottom to top.
Where else “gav” appears- was sixשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- cubitsאַמּוֹתamot
cubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “amot” appears- and a spanזָרֶתzaret
span
Span: the open hand from the thumb to the little finger, about 22 centimeters.
Where else “zaret” appears
Translation note
“The champion” translates an expression that literally says “the man of the between-two”: the one who goes out into the space between the two armies to fight alone. Six cubits and a span are about three meters (a cubit, about 45 cm; a span, about 22 cm).
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
3The Philistines were standing on the mountain on one side, and Israel was standing on the mountain on the other side, and the valley was between them.
4 · This verse (above)
5A helmet of bronze was on his head, and with a coat of scales he was clothed; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.