1 Samuel 17:7
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“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.”
בַּרְזֶל
Iron. Barzel. Iron sharpens iron. Difficult relationships and challenging conversations make us sharper. God uses friction to refine us.
שֵׁשׁ
was six
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שֵׁשׁ
six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
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הָלַךְ
was walking
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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מֵאָה
hundreds
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מֵאָה
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
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שֶׁקֶל
shekels
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שֶׁקֶל
probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
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חֲנִית
spear/ his
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חֲנִית
a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)
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