The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 20:6 Explained

1 Chronicles 20:6

KJV: And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.

YLT: And there is again war in Gath, and there is a man of measure, and his fingers and his toes are six and six, twenty and four, and also, he hath been born to the giant.

Darby: And there was again a battle, at Gath; and there was a man there of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot; and he also was born to Rapha.

ASV: And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand , and six on each foot ; and he also was born unto the giant.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And yet again there was war  at Gath,  where was a man  of [great] stature,  whose fingers  and toes  [were] four  and twenty,  six  [on each hand], and six  [on each foot]: and he also was the son  of the giant. 

What does 1 Chronicles 20:6 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 20

1  Rabbah is besieged by Joab, spoiled by David, and the people thereof tortured
4  Three giants are slain in overthrows of the Philistines

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 20:6 mean?

And there was yet again war at Gath and where there was a man of [great] stature and with fingers six [on each hand] and six [toes on each foot] twenty and four and also he was born from Rapha
וַתְּהִי־ ע֥וֹד מִלְחָמָ֖ה בְּגַ֑ת וַיְהִ֣י ׀ אִ֣ישׁ מִדָּ֗ה וְאֶצְבְּעֹתָ֤יו שֵׁשׁ־ וָשֵׁשׁ֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וְאַרְבַּ֔ע וְגַם־ ה֖וּא נוֹלַ֥ד לְהָרָפָֽא

וַתְּהִי־  And  there  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
ע֥וֹד  yet  again 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
מִלְחָמָ֖ה  war 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִלְחָמָה  
Sense: battle, war.
בְּגַ֑ת  at  Gath 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גַּת  
Sense: one of the five royal or chief cities of the Philistines and the native city of Goliath.
וַיְהִ֣י ׀  and  where  there  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
אִ֣ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
מִדָּ֗ה  of  [great]  stature 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִדָּה 
Sense: measure, measurement, stature, size, garment.
וְאֶצְבְּעֹתָ֤יו  and  with  fingers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶצְבַּע  
Sense: finger, toe.
שֵׁשׁ־  six  [on  each  hand] 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
וָשֵׁשׁ֙  and  six  [toes  on  each  foot] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
עֶשְׂרִ֣ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וְאַרְבַּ֔ע  and  four 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
וְגַם־  and  also 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
נוֹלַ֥ד  was  born 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
לְהָרָפָֽא  from  Rapha 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: רְפָאִים 
Sense: giants, Rephaim.

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