23. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Chronicles 11:23:1 ⧉וְהֽוּא־הִכָּה֩vehuhikaand he struck 1 Chronicles 11:23:2 ⧉אֶת־הָאִ֨ישׁethaish{the} direct object: the man 1 Chronicles 11:23:3 ⧉הַמִּצְרִ֜יhamitsrethe Egyptian 1 Chronicles 11:23:4 ⧉אִ֥ישׁisha man 1 Chronicles 11:23:5 ⧉מִדָּ֣הmidaof measure or stature 1 Chronicles 11:23:6 ⧉חָמֵ֣שׁkhameshfive 1 Chronicles 11:23:7 ⧉בָּאַמָּ֗הbaammain cubits 1 Chronicles 11:23:8 ⧉וּבְיַ֨דuveyadand in {the} hand of 1 Chronicles 11:23:9 ⧉הַמִּצְרִ֤יhamitsrethe Egyptian 1 Chronicles 11:23:10 ⧉חֲנִית֙khaniita spear 1 Chronicles 11:23:11 ⧉כִּמְנ֣וֹרkimnorlike a beam 1 Chronicles 11:23:12 ⧉אֹרְגִ֔יםorgehimof weavers 1 Chronicles 11:23:13 ⧉וַיֵּ֥רֶדvayeredand he went down 1 Chronicles 11:23:14 ⧉אֵלָ֖יוelavto him 1 Chronicles 11:23:15 ⧉בַּשָּׁ֑בֶטbashavetwith the staff 1 Chronicles 11:23:16 ⧉וַיִּגְזֹ֤לvayigzoland he snatched 1 Chronicles 11:23:17 ⧉אֶֽת־הַחֲנִית֙ethakhaniit{the} direct object: the spear 1 Chronicles 11:23:18 ⧉מִיַּ֣דmiyadfrom {the} hand of 1 Chronicles 11:23:19 ⧉הַמִּצְרִ֔יhamitsrethe Egyptian 1 Chronicles 11:23:20 ⧉וַיַּהַרְגֵ֖הוּvayahargehuand he killed him 1 Chronicles 11:23:21 ⧉בַּחֲנִיתֽוֹ׃bakhanitowith his spear |
23. Formal Translation And he struck down the Egyptian, a man of immense stature five cubits tall, and the Egyptian bore a spear like a weaver’s beam; he then advanced with a staff, seized the spear from his hand, and killed him with it. |
23. Dynamic Translation Benaiah killed an Egyptian over seven feet tall who wielded a spear as thick as a loom beam. He went at him with only a club, grabbed the spear, and finished him off with it. |