Commentaire sur Samuel 1 17:4
וַיֵּצֵ֤א אִֽישׁ־הַבֵּנַ֙יִם֙ מִמַּחֲנ֣וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים גָּלְיָ֥ת שְׁמ֖וֹ מִגַּ֑ת גָּבְה֕וֹ שֵׁ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת וָזָֽרֶת׃
Alors un géant sortit des rangs des Philistins, un homme de Gath, nommé Goliath: sa taille était de six coudées et un empan.
Rashi on I Samuel
A champion. A mighty person who went out from his battalion, to stand between the two battalions.2Following the literal meaning of אִישׁ הַבֵּנַיִם as ‘the man of between.’ However, Maseches Sotah 42b states that the word הַבֵּנַיִם is from the root בנה, to build, i.e., he was as sturdy as a building.—Da’as Sofrim
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