1 Samuel

1 Samuel 17:5–6

⁵and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,^b ⁶and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.

Footnotes

b 17:5 5,000 shekels is approximately 125.6 pounds or 57 kilograms.

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1 Samuel 17:5

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and	נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙	nə·ḥō·šeṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H5178 copper, bronze
helmet	וְכ֤וֹבַע	wə·ḵō·w·ḇa‘	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3553 helmet
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
his head	רֹאשׁ֔וֹ	rō·šōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7218 head
He	ה֣וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
wore	לָב֑וּשׁ	lā·ḇūš	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H3847 put on (a garment), wear, clothe, be clothed
a bronze	נְחֹֽשֶֽׁת׃	nə·ḥō·šeṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H5178 copper, bronze
coat	וְשִׁרְי֥וֹן	wə·šir·yō·wn	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8302 body-armour
of mail	קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים	qaś·qaś·śîm	Noun - feminine plural	H7193 scale
weighing	וּמִשְׁקַל֙	ū·miš·qal	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4948 id.
five	חֲמֵשֶׁת־	ḥă·mê·šeṯ-	Number - masculine singular construct	H2568 five
thousand	אֲלָפִ֥ים	’ă·lā·p̄îm	Number - masculine plural	H505 thousand
shekels	שְׁקָלִ֖ים	šə·qā·lîm	Noun - masculine plural	H8255 shekel

1 Samuel 17:6

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and	וּמִצְחַ֥ת	ū·miṣ·ḥaṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H4697 greave(s)
of bronze	נְחֹ֖שֶׁת	nə·ḥō·šeṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H5178 copper, bronze
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
his legs	רַגְלָ֑יו	raḡ·lāw	Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine singular	H7272 foot
and a javelin	וְכִיד֥וֹן	wə·ḵî·ḏō·wn	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3591 dart, javelin
of bronze	נְחֹ֖שֶׁת	nə·ḥō·šeṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H5178 copper, bronze
slung between	בֵּ֥ין	bên	Preposition	H996 interval, space between
his shoulders	כְּתֵפָֽיו׃	kə·ṯê·p̄āw	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H3802 shoulder, shoulder-blade, side

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