1 Chronicles 20:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.”

1 Chronicles 20:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Chronicles 20:519 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/תְּהִיwatəhiy

beaconconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

ע֥וֹדʿwōd

againadvH5750

all life long · at all · besides · but ···

מִלְחָמָ֖הmiləḥāmāh

battlenounH4421

fight · war

אֶתʾet

againstpronH854

among · before · by · for ···

פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpəlišətiym

PhilistinenounH6430

וַ/יַּ֞ךְwayakə

beatconjH5221

cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···

אֶלְחָנָ֣ןʾeləḥānān

ElkanannounH445

בֶּןben

sonnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

יעורyʿwr

JairnounH3265

יָעִ֗ירyāʿiyr

JairnounH3265

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

לַחְמִי֙laḥəmiy

Lahmi. See alsonounH3902

אֲחִי֙ʾăḥiy

brothernounH251

brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'

גָּלְיָ֣תgāləyāt

GoliathnounH1555

הַ/גִּתִּ֔יhagitiy

GittiteparticleH1663

וְ/עֵ֣ץwəʿēṣ

gallowsconjH6086

carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···

חֲנִית֔/וֹḥăniytwō

javelinnounH2595

spear

כִּ/מְנ֖וֹרkimənwōr

beampronH4500

אֹרְגִֽיםʾōrəgiym

weaververbH707

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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