OET interlinear 1 SAM 17:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠יֵּצֵ֤א אִֽישׁ־הַ⁠בֵּנַ֨יִם֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_went_out (a)_man of,the_champions from,the_camps_of Pelishtim Gāləyat his/its=name from,Gath height_of,his six cubits and,a_span )

The author is using a common expression of his culture. He is using the dual form betweens to mean the space that was between the Philistines and Israelites and also between the Israelites and the Philistines. (Compare the similar usage in 14:4.) A man of the betweens was a warrior champion who would come into this space in order to fight in single combat against an enemy champion. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And a warrior champion]

Note 2 topic: translate-bdistance

שֵׁ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת וָ⁠זָֽרֶת

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_went_out (a)_man of,the_champions from,the_camps_of Pelishtim Gāləyat his/its=name from,Gath height_of,his six cubits and,a_span )

These cubits were an ancient unit of measurement corresponding to the distance between an average person’s elbow and middle fingertip, or about 46 centimeters or 18 inches. A span, sometimes called a “hand’s breadth,” was an ancient unit of measurement corresponding to the distance between the tip of the thumb and the tip of the little finger of an average person’s spread hand, or about 23 centimeters or 9 inches. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express Goliath’s height in modern measurements, either in the text or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [was three meters] or [was nine feet and nine inches]