1 Samuel 17:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.”

1 Samuel 17:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 17:715 words

HebrewMeaning

ו/חץwḥṣ

arrowconjH2671

archer · dart · shaft · staff ···

וְ/עֵ֣ץwəʿēṣ

gallowsconjH6086

carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···

חֲנִית֗/וֹḥăniytwō

spear hisnounH2595

spear

כִּ/מְנוֹר֙kimənwōr

was like a beam ofpronH4500

אֹֽרְגִ֔יםʾōrəgiym

weaversverbH707

וְ/לַהֶ֣בֶתwəlahebet

and the blade ofconjH3852

head

חֲנִית֔/וֹḥăniytwō

spear hisnounH2595

spear

שֵׁשׁšēš

was sixadjH8337

-teenth) · sixth

מֵא֥וֹתmēʾwōt

hundredadjH3967

-th) · sixscore

שְׁקָלִ֖יםšəqāliym

shekelsnounH8255

בַּרְזֶ֑לbarəzel

ironnounH1270

iron

וְ/נֹשֵׂ֥אwənōśēʾ

and the bearer ofconjH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

הַ/צִּנָּ֖הhaṣināh

the body shieldparticleH6793

cold · hook · shield · target

הֹלֵ֥ךְhōlēkə

was walkingverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

לְ/פָנָֽי/וləpānāyw

before himpronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

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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