| 5. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Chronicles 20:5:1 ⧉וַתְּהִי־ע֥וֹדvattehiodand it was again or still 1 Chronicles 20:5:2 ⧉מִלְחָמָ֖הmilkhamawar 1 Chronicles 20:5:3 ⧉אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםetpelishtim{direct object marker}-Philistines 1 Chronicles 20:5:4 ⧉וַיַּ֞ךְvayakhand he struck 1 Chronicles 20:5:5 ⧉אֶלְחָנָ֣ןelkhananElhanan 1 Chronicles 20:5:6 ⧉בֶּן־יעורbenyaorson of Jeor 1 Chronicles 20:5:7 ⧉יָעִ֗ירyairJair 1 Chronicles 20:5:8 ⧉אֶת־לַחְמִי֙etlakhmi{direct object marker}-Lahmi 1 Chronicles 20:5:9 ⧉אֲחִי֙akhibrother of 1 Chronicles 20:5:10 ⧉גָּלְיָ֣תgalyatGoliath 1 Chronicles 20:5:11 ⧉הַגִּתִּ֔יhagittithe Gittite 1 Chronicles 20:5:12 ⧉וְעֵ֣ץveetsand shaft or wood 1 Chronicles 20:5:13 ⧉חֲנִית֔וֹkhanitohis spear 1 Chronicles 20:5:14 ⧉כִּמְנ֖וֹרkimnorlike a beam 1 Chronicles 20:5:15 ⧉אֹרְגִֽים׃orgimweavers |
| 5. Formal Translation And again, there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Yair struck Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite, and the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam. |
| 5. Dynamic Translation There was another fight with the Philistines, and Elhanan, son of Yair, killed Lahmi, who was Goliath the Gittite’s brother. The handle of his spear was as thick as a weaver’s rod. |