לְהָרָפָֽה׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְהָרָפָֽה׃

   le-ha-ra-FA

   to the Rapha
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יֻלַּ֥ד לְהָרָפָֽה׃

   yul-LAD le-ha-ra-FA

   was born to the Rapha
3. 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
4. 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 clause vegam hu yullad leharafah employs pual perfect yullad {יֻלַּד | yul-lad} indicating passive birth, linking him to the Rapha {לְהָרָפָה | lə-hā-rā-pāh}, a known clan of giants. The Hebrew narrative syntax with vav-consecutive and parallel constructs is rendered in English through coordination and apposition for clarity while preserving syntactic weight.

Root and etymology

r-p-h🔊 ר־פ־הresh–pe–he

“giant, one healed”

• 🔊 רְפָאִיםre-pā-ʾîmgiantsDeuteronomy 2:11