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1 Samuel 17:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.


1 Samuel 17:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 17:514 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/כ֤וֹבַעwəkwōbaʿ
helmet. CompareconjH3553
נְחֹ֨שֶׁת֙nəḥōšet
brasennounH5178
brass · chain · copper · fetter ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רֹאשׁ֔/וֹrōʾšwō
bandnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
וְ/שִׁרְי֥וֹןwəširəywōn
breastplateconjH8302
coat of mail · habergeon · harness. See
קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖יםqaśəqaśiym
mailnounH7193
scale
ה֣וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
לָב֑וּשׁlābwš
apparelverbH3847
arm · array · clothe · come upon ···
וּ/מִשְׁקַל֙wmišəqal
weightconjH4948
הַ/שִּׁרְי֔וֹןhaširəywōn
breastplateparticleH8302
coat of mail · habergeon · harness. See
חֲמֵשֶׁתḥămēšet
fifadjH2568
fifth · five
אֲלָפִ֥יםʾălāpiym
thousandadjH505
שְׁקָלִ֖יםšəqāliym
shekelnounH8255
נְחֹֽשֶֽׁתnəḥōšet
brasennounH5178
brass · chain · copper · fetter ···
Words 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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