Midvash

מָנוֹרmânôwr

beam, (probably round) carrying the heddles (in loom) (1 Samuel 17:7; 2 Samuel 21:19; 1 Chronicles 20:5; 1 Chronicles 11:23)

Pronunciation: maw-nore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4500

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 17:7 The shaft of his spear was as heavy and thick as a weaver’s beam, tipped with an iron spearhead that weighed 15 pounds. His armor bearer walked ahead of him carrying a shield.
  • 2 Samuel 21:19 During another battle at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair from Bethlehem killed the brother of Goliath of Gath. The handle of his spear was as thick as a weaver’s beam!
  • 1 Chronicles 11:23 Once, armed only with a club, he killed an Egyptian warrior who was 7 1⁄2 feet tall and who was armed with a spear as thick as a weaver’s beam. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with it.
  • 1 Chronicles 20:5 During another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath of Gath. The handle of Lahmi’s spear was as thick as a weaver’s beam!

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).