The Meaning of 1 Samuel 17:5 Explained

1 Samuel 17:5

KJV: And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

YLT: and a helmet of brass is on his head, and with a scaled coat of mail he is clothed, and the weight of the coat of mail is five thousand shekels of brass,

Darby: And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he was clothed with a corselet of scales; and the weight of the corselet was five thousand shekels of bronze.

ASV: And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

Discover 1 Samuel 17:5

CONTEXT: What is the Context of 1 Samuel 17:5?

MEANING: What does 1 Samuel 17:5 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 17:5 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in 1 Samuel 17:5?

What is the context of 1 Samuel 17:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And [he had] an helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of brass.

What does 1 Samuel 17:5 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 17:5 mean?

And [He had] a helmet bronze on his head and with a coat of mail he [was] armed and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of bronze

וְכ֤וֹבַע נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ עַל־ רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְשִׁרְי֥וֹן קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים ה֣וּא לָב֑וּשׁ וּמִשְׁקַל֙ הַשִּׁרְי֔וֹן חֲמֵשֶׁת־ אֲלָפִ֥ים שְׁקָלִ֖ים נְחֹֽשֶֽׁת

וְכ֤וֹבַע	And [He had] a helmet
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּובַע Sense: helmet.
נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙	bronze
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: נְחֹשֶׁת Sense: copper, bronze.
רֹאשׁ֔וֹ	his head
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: רֹאשׁ Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
וְשִׁרְי֥וֹן	and with a coat
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: שִׁרְיָה Sense: body armour.
קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים	of mail
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת Sense: scale (of fish, water animals).
לָב֑וּשׁ	[was] armed
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular Root: לָבַשׁ Sense: to dress, wear, clothe, put on clothing, be clothed.
וּמִשְׁקַל֙	and the weight
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: מִשְׁקָל Sense: heaviness, weight.
הַשִּׁרְי֔וֹן	of the coat
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: שִׁרְיָה Sense: body armour.
חֲמֵשֶׁת־	[was] five
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct Root: חָמֵשׁ Sense: five.
אֲלָפִ֥ים	thousand
Parse: Number, masculine plural Root: אֶלֶף Sense: a thousand.
שְׁקָלִ֖ים	shekels
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: שֶׁקֶל Sense: shekel.
נְחֹֽשֶֽׁת	of bronze
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: נְחֹשֶׁת Sense: copper, bronze.

What are the major concepts related to 1 Samuel 17:5?

Loading Information...