1 Samuel 17:7 Hebrew Word Analysis

0וְחֵ֣ץh2671
5and his spear'sחֲנִית֔וֹh2595
2beamכִּמְנוֹר֙h4500
3was like a weaver'sאֹֽרְגִ֔יםh707
4headוְלַהֶ֣בֶתh3852
5and his spear'sחֲנִית֔וֹh2595
6weighed sixשֵׁשׁh8337
7hundredמֵא֥וֹתh3967
8shekelsשְׁקָלִ֖יםh8255
9of ironבַּרְזֶ֑לh1270
10and one bearingוְנֹשֵׂ֥אh5375
11a shieldהַצִּנָּ֖הh6793
12wentהֹלֵ֥ךְh1980
13beforeלְפָנָֽיו׃h6440

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

The stem of his spear was as long as a cloth-worker's rod, and its head was made of six hundred shekels' weight of iron: and one went before him with his body-cover.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

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.

Webster's Bible (WBT)

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.

World English Bible (WEB)

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 (YLT)

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.