\v=4 \v~=\w A|strong="H3318"\w* champion \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Goliath|strong="H1555"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, \w whose|strong="H0376"\w* \w height|strong="H1363"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H3318"\w* \w span|strong="H2239"\w*\f + \fr 17:4 \ft A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.) Therefore, Goliath was about 9 feet and 9 inches or 2.97 meters tall.\f* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*. \¬v