The Meaning of 2 Samuel 21:20 Explained

2 Samuel 21:20

KJV: And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.

YLT: And the battle is again in Gath, and there is a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands are six, and the toes of his feet are six, twenty and four in number, and he also hath been born to the giant,

Darby: And there was again a battle, at Gath; and there was a man there of great stature, that had on each hand six fingers, and on each foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to Raphah.

ASV: And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And there was yet a battle  in Gath,  where was a man  of [great] stature,  that had on every hand  six  fingers,  and on every foot  six  toes,  four  and twenty  in number;  and he also was born  to the giant. 

What does 2 Samuel 21:20 Mean?

Context Summary

2Sa 21:12-22 - More Giants Slain
It was in unsettled weather that Rizpah began her watch; but no hardship daunted her, no cost was too great. She shielded the dear remains from bird and beast till the falling rain gave assurance that the long famine was ended, 2 Samuel 21:10, r.v. Her devotion seems to have aroused David to treat with similar honor the remains of Saul and Jonathan, and all were buried together in the sepulcher of Kish.
Love ignites love, as fire kindles fire, without impoverishment. How often a voice raised in prayerful and passionate affection to Jesus has made volcanic fires leap out where all had seemed extinct! Do not stint your alabaster-boxes, for though they drive a Judas to desperation, they will stimulate a David or a Peter to a forgotten duty.
Monstrous sin stalked the world in the person of these giants, 2 Samuel 21:16-22. They beset the old age of David, as they did his youth, though we may not be assailed by the identical temptations as at first, there never will be a time when the progeny of sin will not molest us-if not passion, then jealousy, or avarice, or pride. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2Sa 21

1  The three year Gibeonite famine ceases, by hanging seven of Saul's sons
10  Rizpah's kindness unto the dead
12  David buries the bones of Saul and Jonathan in his father's tomb
15  Four battles against the Philistines, wherein four men of David slay four giants

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 21:20 mean?

And yet there was again war at Gath and where there was a man of [great] stature and fingers on each hand and toes on each foot [who had] six and six twenty and four in number and also he was born from Rapha
וַתְּהִי־ ע֥וֹד מִלְחָמָ֖ה בְּגַ֑ת וַיְהִ֣י ׀ אִ֣ישׁ [מדין] (מָד֗וֹן) וְאֶצְבְּעֹ֣ת יָדָיו֩ וְאֶצְבְּעֹ֨ת רַגְלָ֜יו שֵׁ֣שׁ וָשֵׁ֗שׁ עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וְאַרְבַּע֙ מִסְפָּ֔ר וְגַם־ ה֖וּא יֻלַּ֥ד לְהָרָפָֽה

וַתְּהִי־  And  yet  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  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.
(מָד֗וֹן)  [great]  stature 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִדְיָן 
Sense: stature, size.
וְאֶצְבְּעֹ֣ת  and  fingers  on 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: אֶצְבַּע  
Sense: finger, toe.
יָדָיו֩  each  hand 
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person masculine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
וְאֶצְבְּעֹ֨ת  and  toes  on 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: אֶצְבַּע  
Sense: finger, toe.
רַגְלָ֜יו  each  foot 
Parse: Noun, fdc, third person masculine singular
Root: רֶגֶל  
Sense: foot.
שֵׁ֣שׁ  [who  had]  six 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
וָשֵׁ֗שׁ  and  six 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
עֶשְׂרִ֤ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וְאַרְבַּע֙  and  four 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
מִסְפָּ֔ר  in  number 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִסְפָּר  
Sense: number, tale.
וְגַם־  and  also 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
יֻלַּ֥ד  was  born 
Parse: Verb, QalPass, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
לְהָרָפָֽה  from  Rapha 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: רְפָאִים 
Sense: giants, Rephaim.

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