New American Standard Bible 1995

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1 Chronicles

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He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature five cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
He killed to smite Verb H5221 הִכָּה֩ hik·kah
an Egyptian, inhab. of Eg. Adjective H4713 הַמִּצְרִ֜י ham·mitz·ri
a man man Noun H376 הָאִ֨ישׁ ha·'ish
of [great] stature measure, measurement, stature, size, a garment Noun H4060 מִדָּ֣ה mid·dah
five five Noun H2568 חָמֵ֣שׁ cha·mesh
Analysis:

Five: Incompletion or lacking

For a person to understand the meaning of the number “five”, one must first realize that the meaning of the number ten is completion or wholeness. Since five is half of ten, the idea is that the number five represents incompletion or that which is lacking. A Scripture that expresses this idea is found in the book of John. At a place called Beit Chesed (Bethesda), there was a pool whose waters healed the sick. The reader is told that around the pool there were five porches. It is stated that on these five porches laid individuals who were not whole. Some were paralyzed and the rest of them had a variety of health problems. It is not a chance happening that these people who were lacking their health were on five porches. Another well-known passage that contains the number five is found in I Samuel 17. In the account of David and Goliath, David picks up five stones (see I Samuel 17:40). Why is the reader told the specific number and not simply that David had gathered a few stones? The answer is to assist the reader in understanding that the stone, which David hurled at Goliath, was not the source of victory. Rather, this was only the means that God used to accomplish His victory. In other words, the stone and even David, who hurled this stone at Goliath, were insufficient to bring about this victory.

One of the first places where the idea of "lacking" or "incompleteness" is seen regarding the number five is in the book of Genesis. In chapter 18, two angels are sent to Sodom to destroy the city. God tells Abraham that if 50 righteous people are found in the city, then the city will be free of this punishment (We will learn that the number 50 is related to freedom when this number is studied). This is revealed to Abraham and he responds saying, perhaps the city will lack 50 righteous people by five. It is significant that Abraham uses the number five when referring to the city lacking enough righteous people. 

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cubits an ell, a cubit Noun H520 בָּאַמָּ֗ה ba·'am·mah
tall. Now in the Egyptian's inhab. of Eg. Adjective H4713 הַמִּצְרִ֤י ham·mitz·ri
hand hand Noun H3027 וּבְיַ֨ד u·ve·yad
[was] a spear a spear Noun H2595 חֲנִית֙ cha·nit
like a weaver's to weave Verb H707 אֹרְגִ֔ים o·re·gim,
beam, a (weaver's) beam Noun H4500 כִּמְנֹ֣ור kim·no·vr
but he went down to come or go down, descend Verb H3381 וַיֵּ֥רֶד vai·ye·red
to him with a club rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe Noun H7626 בַּשָּׁ֑בֶט ba·sha·vet;
and snatched to tear away, seize, rob Verb H1497 וַיִּגְזֹ֤ל vai·yig·zol
the spear a spear Noun H2595 הַחֲנִית֙ ha·cha·nit
from the Egyptian's inhab. of Eg. Adjective H4713 הַמִּצְרִ֔י ham·mitz·ri,
hand hand Noun H3027 מִיַּ֣ד mi·yad
and killed to kill, slay Verb H2026 וַיַּהַרְגֵ֖הוּ vai·ya·har·ge·hu
him with his own spear. a spear Noun H2595 בַּחֲנִיתֹֽו׃ ba·cha·ni·tov.

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New American Standard Bible 1995 He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature five cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.
King James Bible He killed And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature stature, five cubits tall. Now high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam, but beam; and he went down to him with a club staff, and snatched plucked the spear from out of the Egyptian's hand hand, and killed slew him with his own spear.
Hebrew Greek English He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature five cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.