The Meaning of 1 Samuel 17:7 Explained

1 Samuel 17:7

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.

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.

Darby: 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.

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.

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 17:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does 1 Samuel 17:7 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 17:1-16 - Israel Defied By The Philistine Champion

When their king lost the special consciousness of God's presence and power, the whole kingdom became demoralized, and the Hebrews had the humiliation of hearing in silence a defiant challenge to "the armies of the living God." It looked as if the answer would have to go by default-that Jehovah was a God that could not save. The impotence of the Israelites made Goliath still more defiant. At first he came down from the ranks of his own camp on the southern side of the valley and walked vaingloriously through the level plain between the two hosts; but after forty days had passed, he became bolder and came up the slopes where Israel stood. At his approach they fled in terror. Measuring nine feet, nine inches, covered with mail, and carrying a spear, the head of which weighed eighteen pounds, the giant must have seemed very formidable to the men of Israel. And are there not giants equally determined and terrible that threaten us, in national and individual experience, and find us unable to cope with them? We need David's God and David's faith! [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 17

¹ The armies of the Israelites and Philistines being ready to battle
⁴ Goliath challenges a combat
¹² David, sent by his father to visit his brothers, takes the challenge
²⁸ Eliab chides him
³⁰ He is brought to Saul
³² shows the reason of his confidence
³⁸ and slays the giant
⁵⁵ Saul takes notice of David

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 17:7 mean?

- And the staff of his spear [was] like a beam of weaver and spearhead [weighed] his six hundred shekels iron and a shield-bearer went before him

[וחץ] (וְעֵ֣ץ) חֲנִית֗וֹ כִּמְנוֹר֙ אֹֽרְגִ֔ים וְלַהֶ֣בֶת חֲנִית֔וֹ שֵׁשׁ־ מֵא֥וֹת שְׁקָלִ֖ים בַּרְזֶ֑ל וְנֹשֵׂ֥א הַצִּנָּ֖ה הֹלֵ֥ךְ לְפָנָֽיו

[וחץ]	-
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: אֲבַד Sense: to perish, vanish.
(וְעֵ֣ץ)	And the staff of
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: חֵץ Sense: arrow.
חֲנִית֗וֹ	his spear [was]
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: חֲנִית Sense: spear.
כִּמְנוֹר֙	like a beam
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: מָנׄור Sense: beam.
אֹֽרְגִ֔ים	of weaver
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: אָרַג Sense: to weave.
וְלַהֶ֣בֶת	and spearhead [weighed]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: לֶהָבָה Sense: flame.
חֲנִית֔וֹ	his
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: חֲנִית Sense: spear.
שֵׁשׁ־	six
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct Root: שֵׁשׁ Sense: six.
מֵא֥וֹת	hundred
Parse: Number, feminine plural Root: מֵאָה Sense: hundred.
שְׁקָלִ֖ים	shekels
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: שֶׁקֶל Sense: shekel.
בַּרְזֶ֑ל	iron
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: בַּרְזֶל Sense: iron.
הַצִּנָּ֖ה	a shield-bearer
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: צִנָּה Sense: something piercing, hook, barb.
הֹלֵ֥ךְ	went
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: הָלַךְ Sense: to go, walk, come.
לְפָנָֽיו	before him
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face.

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