1 Samuel 17:5
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“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.”
עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
לָבַשׁ
was clothed
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לָבַשׁ
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
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נְחֹשֶׁת
bronze
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נְחֹשֶׁת
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
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רֹאשׁ
head/ his
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רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת
scales
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קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת
a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal)
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שֶׁקֶל
shekels
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שֶׁקֶל
probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
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