1 Samuel 13:21
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. | The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad. | yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and it was | וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה | ve-ha-ye-TAH | H1961 | to beהָיָה (ha.yah) 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) … |
| the charge | הַפְּצִ֣ירָה | ha-pe-TZI-rah | H6477 | bluntnessפְּצִירָה (pe.tsi.rah) 1) price, charge 1a) meaning uncertain 1b) perhaps (CLBL) sharpening or (BDB) bluntness |
| two thirds of a shekel | פִ֗ים | Fim | H6310L | lipפֶּה (peh) : lip/mouth peh 1) mouth 1a) mouth (of man) 1b) mouth (as organ of speech) 1c) mouth (of animals) 1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc) 1e) extremity, end pim 2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21 |
| for the plowshares | לַמַּֽחֲרֵשֹׁת֙ | la-ma-cha-re-SHOT | H4281 | plowshareמַחֲרֵשָׁה (ma.cha.re.shah) plowshare |
| and for the mattocks | וְלָ֣אֵתִ֔ים | ve-LA-'e-TIM | H0855 | plowshareאֵת (et) ploughshare |
| and for three | וְלִשְׁלֹ֥שׁ | ve-lish-LOSH | H7969 | threeשָׁלֹשׁ (sha.losh) 1) three, triad 1a) 3, 300, third Aramaic equivalent: te.lat (תְּלָת "three" H8532) |
| fork | קִלְּשׁ֖וֹן | ki-le-SHON | H7053 | forkקִלְּשׁוֹן (qil.l.shon) 1) forks, three-pronged pitchfork, goad 1a) meaning uncertain |
| and for the axes | וּלְהַקַּרְדֻּמִּ֑ים | u-le-hak-kar-du-MIM | H7134 | axeקַרְדֹּם (qar.dom) axe |
| and to make straight | וּלְהַצִּ֖יב | u-le-ha-TZIV | H5324 | to standנָצַב (na.tsav) 1) to stand, take one's stand, stand upright, be set (over), establish 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to station oneself, take one's stand 1a2) to stand, be stationed 1a3) to stand, take an upright position 1a4) to be stationed, be appointed 1a5) deputy, prefect, appointed, deputed (subst) 1a6) to stand firm 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to station, set 1b2) to set up, erect 1b3) to cause to stand erect 1b4) to fix, establish 1c) (Hophal) to be fixed, be determined, be stationary |
| the goad[s] | הַדָּרְבָֽן׃ | ha-da-re-VAN | H1861A | goadדׇּרְבוֹן (dor.von) goad Also means: dar.vo.nah (דָּֽרְבֹנָה "goad" H1861B) |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.