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title: גׇּלְיַת — Goliath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גׇּלְיַת (1555), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Goliath. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גׇּלְיַת

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«גׇּלְיַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Goliath** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 1555 · **BDB:** גָּלְיַת

### Glosses

of.Goliath (3); \[was\].Goliath (2); Goliath (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Goliath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1555/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1555/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (conspicuous? On ending ת cf. Dr 1 S 17:4 \& Nö in EutNab 73) (גָּלְיָת 1 Ch 20:5) Philistine giant slain by David 1 S 17:4, 23; 21:10; 22:10, but according to 2 S 21:19 slain by Elhanan of Bethlehem (בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי; according to 1 Ch 20:5 Elhanan slew לַחְמִי brother of Goliath).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גׇּלְיַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1555/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 17:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.4/)

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וַיֵּצֵ֤א אִֽישׁ־הַבֵּנַ֙יִם֙ מִמַּחֲנ֣וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים גָּלְיָ֥ת שְׁמ֖וֹ מִגַּ֑ת גָּבְה֕וֹ שֵׁ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת וָזָֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* and he.came.out the.man of the.champions from the.camps of.\[the\].Philistines \[was\].Goliath name his from Gath height his \[was\].six cubits and a.span

*JPS 1917:* And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

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[1 Samuel 22:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.22.10/)

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וַיִּשְׁאַל־לוֹ֙ בַּֽיהוָ֔ה וְצֵידָ֖ה נָ֣תַן ל֑וֹ וְאֵ֗ת חֶ֛רֶב גָּלְיָ֥ת הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י נָ֥תַן לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.enquired for him by Yahweh and provision\[s\] he.gave to him and (et) the.sword of.Goliath the Philistine he.gave to him

*JPS 1917:* And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.'

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