מִסְפָּ֔ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִסְפָּ֔ר

   mis-PAR

   in number
2. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֣י אִ֣ישׁ מדין מָד֗וֹן וְאֶצְבְּעֹ֣ת יָדָיו֩ וְאֶצְבְּעֹ֨ת רַגְלָ֜יו שֵׁ֣שׁ וָשֵׁ֗שׁ עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וְאַרְבַּע֙ מִסְפָּ֔ר וְגַם־ה֖וּא יֻלַּ֥ד לְהָרָפָֽה׃

   va-ye-HI ISH ma-DIN ma-DON ve-ets-be-OT ya-DAV ve-ets-be-OT rag-LAV SHESH va-SHESH e-se-RIM ve-ar-BA mis-PAR ve-gam-HU yul-LAD le-ha-ra-FA

   and there was a man of the Middin of great stature and fingers of his hands and fingers of his feet six and six twenty and four in number and also he was born to the Rapha
3. sentence🔊 וַתְּהִי־ע֥וֹד מִלְחָמָ֖ה בְּגַ֑ת וַיְהִ֣י אִ֣ישׁ מדין מָד֗וֹן וְאֶצְבְּעֹ֣ת יָדָיו֩ וְאֶצְבְּעֹ֨ת רַגְלָ֜יו שֵׁ֣שׁ וָשֵׁ֗שׁ עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וְאַרְבַּע֙ מִסְפָּ֔ר וְגַם־ה֖וּא יֻלַּ֥ד לְהָרָפָֽה׃

   vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA be-GAT va-ye-HI ISH ma-DIN ma-DON ve-ets-be-OT ya-DAV ve-ets-be-OT rag-LAV SHESH va-SHESH e-se-RIM ve-ar-BA mis-PAR ve-gam-HU yul-LAD le-ha-ra-FA

   and there was again war in Gath and there was a man of the Middin of great stature and fingers of his hands and fingers of his feet six and six twenty and four in number and also he was born to the Rapha

Exegesis

The parallel construct ve’etsbe’ot yadav ve’etsbe’ot raglav links ‘fingers of his hands and toes of his feet,’ with numeric determinatives shesh vashesh {שֵׁשׁ וָשֵׁשׁ | šeš wā-šeš} and esrim ve’arba {עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע | ʿe-śrîm wə-ʾar-baʿ} completed by mispar {מִסְפָּר | mis-pār} ‘number.’