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2 Samuel 21:20

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← 2 Samuel 21:19	2 Samuel 21:20 (KJV)	2 Samuel 21:21 →
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew [the brother of] Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver's beam.	And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of [great] stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.	And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And there was yet a battle^H4421 in Gath^H1661, where was a man^H376 of great stature^{H4067 H4055}, that had on every hand^H3027 six^H8337 fingers^H676, and on every foot^H7272 six^H8337 toes^H676, four^H702 and twenty^H6242 in number^H4557; and he also was born^H3205 to the giant^H7497.

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Original Hebrew

וַתְּהִי־עֹוד מִלְחָמָה בְּגַת וַיְהִי ׀ אִישׁ [מָדִין כ] (מָדֹון ק) וְאֶצְבְּעֹת יָדָיו וְאֶצְבְּעֹת רַגְלָיו שֵׁשׁ וָשֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע מִסְפָּר וְגַם־הוּא יֻלַּד לְהָרָפָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תְּהִי	va./te.hi-	H1961	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ it was
ע֥וֹד	od	H5750	HD	again
מִלְחָמָ֖ה	mil.cha.Mah	H4421	HNcfsa	war
בְּ/גַ֑ת	be./Gat	H1661	HR/Np	at/ Gath
וַ/יְהִ֣י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he was
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsc	a man of
מדין	mâdôwn	H4067	HNcmsa
וְ/אֶצְבְּעֹ֣ת	ve./'etz.be.'Ot	H676	HC/Ncfpc	and/ (the) fingers of
יָדָי/ו֩	ya.Da/v	H3027	HNcbdc/Sp3ms	hands/ his
וְ/אֶצְבְּעֹ֨ת	ve./'etz.be.'Ot	H676	HC/Ncfpc	and/ (the) toes of
רַגְלָ֜י/ו	rag.La/v	H7272	HNcfdc/Sp3ms	feet/ his
שֵׁ֣שׁ	shesh	H8337	HAcfsa	(were) six
וָ/שֵׁ֗שׁ	va./Shesh	H8337	HC/Acfsa	and/ six
עֶשְׂרִ֤ים	'es.Rim	H6242	HAcbpa	(was) twenty
וְ/אַרְבַּע֙	ve./'ar.Ba'	H702	HC/Acfsa	and/ four
מִסְפָּ֔ר	mis.Par	H4557	HNcmsa	(the) number
וְ/גַם	ve./gam-	H1571	HC/Ta	and/ also
ה֖וּא	hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	he
יֻלַּ֥ד	yu.Lad	H3205	HVPp3ms	he was born
לְ/הָ/רָפָֽה	le./ha./ra.Fah	H7497	HR/Td/Ngmsa	to/ the/ Raphah

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H676 — אֶצְבַּע (ʼetsbaʻ, ets-bah'): from the same as צֶבַע (in the sense of grasping); something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe; finger, toe.
• H702 — אַרְבַּע (ʼarbaʻ, ar-bah'): masculine אַרְבָּעָה; from רָבַע; four; four.
• H1661 — גַּת (Gath, gath): the same as גַּת; Gath, a Philistine city; Gath.
• H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
• H3205 — יָלַד (yâlad, yaw-lad'): a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
• H4055 — מַד (mad, mad): or מֵד; from מָדַד; properly, extent, i.e. height; also a measure; by implication, a vesture (as measured); also a carpet; armour, clothes, garment, judgment, measure, raiment, stature.
• H4067 — מָדוֹן (mâdôwn, maw-dohn'): from the same as מֶדֶו; extensiveness, i.e. height; stature.
• H4421 — מִלְחָמָה (milchâmâh, mil-khaw-maw'): from לָחַם (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare); battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).
• H4557 — מִסְפָּר (miçpâr, mis-pawr'): from סָפַר; a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration; [phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.
• H6242 — עֶשְׂרִים (ʻesrîym, es-reem'): from עֶשֶׂר; twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth; (six-) score, twenty(-ieth).
• H7272 — רֶגֶל (regel, reh'-gel): from רָגַל; a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda; [idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time.
• H7497 — רָפָא (râphâʼ, raw-faw'): or רָפָה; from רָפָא in the sense of invigorating; a giant; giant, Rapha, Rephaim(-s). See also בֵּית רָפָא.
• H8337 — שֵׁשׁ (shêsh, shaysh): masculine שִׁשָּׁה; a primitive number; compare שׂוּשׂ; six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth; six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H5750 — עוֹד (ʻôwd, ode): or עֹד; from עוּד; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more; again, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).

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