King James Version

1 Samuel 17:7

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.

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וחץvchtsand arrowחֵץconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and arrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2671properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear[phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.וְעֵ֣ץveetsand treeעֵץconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and tree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.חֲנִית֗וֹchanitvojavelinחֲנִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “javelin”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2595a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)javelin, spear.כִּמְנוֹר֙kimnoras beamמָנוֹרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as beam”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4500a yoke (properly, for plowing), i.e. the frame of aloombeam.אֹֽרְגִ֔יםoregimweaverאָרַגverb, qal, participle, absolute — “weaver”, a verb used as a describing wordH707to plait or weaveweaver(-r).וְלַהֶ֣בֶתvelahevetand flameלֶהָבָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and flame”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3852{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}flame(-ming), head (of a spear).חֲנִית֔וֹchanitvojavelinחֲנִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “javelin”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2595a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)javelin, spear.שֵׁשׁsheshsixשֵׁשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.מֵא֥וֹתmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.שְׁקָלִ֖יםsheqalimshekelשֶׁקֶלnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “shekel”, the ordinary formH8255probably a weight; used as a commercial standardshekel.בַּרְזֶ֑לbarzelironבַּרְזֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “iron”, the ordinary formH1270iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement(ax) head, iron.וְנֹשֵׂ֥אvenoseand lift upנָשָׂאconjunction, verb, qal, participle, construct — “and lift up”, a verb used as a describing wordH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…הַצִּנָּ֖הhatsinahthe coldצִנָּהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the cold”, the ordinary formH6793a hook (as pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also cold (as piercing)buckler, cold, hook, shield, target.הֹלֵ֥ךְholekhewalkהָלַךְverb, qal, participle, absolute — “walk”, a verb used as a describing wordH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…לְפָנָֽיוlefanayvto a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and his shield-bearer went before him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

and the wood of his spear [is] like a beam of weavers', and the flame of his spear [is] six hundred shekels of iron, and the bearer of the buckler is going before him.

World English Bible

The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. His shield bearer went before him.

Darby Translation

And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and the shield-bearer went before him.

Douay-Rheims

And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the head of his spear weighed six hundred sicles of iron: and his armourbearer went before him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and his shield-bearer went before him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the staff of his spear was like a weavers' beam, and the spear's head was formed of six hundred shekels of iron; and his armour-bearer went before him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ὁ κοντὸς τοῦ δόρατος αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ μέσακλον ὑφαινόντων, καὶ ἡ λόγχη αὐτοῦ ἑξακοσίων σίκλων σιδήρου· καὶ ὁ αἴρων τὰ ὅπλα αὐτοῦ προεπορεύετο αὐτοῦ.