וּמִשְׁקַ֤ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּמִשְׁקַ֤ל

   u-mish-KAL

   and the weight of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּמִשְׁקַ֤ל קֵינוֹ֙

   u-mish-KAL KEI-no

   and the weight of his spear
3. clause🔊 וישבו וְיִשְׁבִּ֨י בְּנֹ֜ב אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּילִידֵ֣י הָרָפָ֗ה וּמִשְׁקַ֤ל קֵינוֹ֙ שְׁלֹ֤שׁ מֵאוֹת֙ מִשְׁקַ֣ל נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וְה֖וּא חָג֣וּר חֲדָשָׁ֑ה

   va-ye-SHVO ve-yish-BI be-NOV a-SHER bi-li-DE ha-ra-FA u-mish-KAL KEI-no she-LOSH me-OT mish-KAL ne-KHO-shet ve-HU kha-GUR kha-da-SHA

   and he dwelt or and he returned and Ishbi of Nob who or which among the descendants of the Rapha and the weight of his spear three hundreds weight of bronze and he girded or armed new {feminine}
4. sentence🔊 וישבו וְיִשְׁבִּ֨י בְּנֹ֜ב אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּילִידֵ֣י הָרָפָ֗ה וּמִשְׁקַ֤ל קֵינוֹ֙ שְׁלֹ֤שׁ מֵאוֹת֙ מִשְׁקַ֣ל נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וְה֖וּא חָג֣וּר חֲדָשָׁ֑ה וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לְהַכּ֥וֹת אֶת־דָּוִֽד׃

   va-ye-SHVO ve-yish-BI be-NOV a-SHER bi-li-DE ha-ra-FA u-mish-KAL KEI-no she-LOSH me-OT mish-KAL ne-KHO-shet ve-HU kha-GUR kha-da-SHA va-yo-MER le-ha-KOT et-DA-vid

   and he dwelt or and he returned and Ishbi of Nob who or which among the descendants of the Rapha and the weight of his spear three hundreds weight of bronze and he girded or armed new {feminine} and he said to strike David {direct object marker}

Exegesis

The construct sequence umishqal kēno mishqal nechoshet {וּמִשְׁקַ֤ל קֵינוֹ֙ מִשְׁקַ֣ל נְחֹשֶׁת | û-miš-qāl kē-nō miš-qāl nᵊ-ḥō-šeṯ} quantifies his spear’s metal and weight, specifying “three hundred shekels.”

Root and etymology

š-q-l🔊 ש־ק־לshin–qof–lamed

“to weigh”

• 🔊 שֶׁקֶלshekelunit of weight/currencyGenesis 23:15