{"title":"Reconsidering הקטן in 1 Samuel 16.11","authors":"Michael Avioz","doi":"10.30965/25890468-06802006","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper offers a new understanding of the word <styled-content lang=\"he-Hebr\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:ifp=\"http://www.ifactory.com/press\">הקטן</styled-content> regarding David in 1 Samuel 16. Instead of focusing on David’s young age, the paper suggests focusing on his height, an understanding that is supported by various details in Samuel as well as in biblical and post-biblical literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":53902,"journal":{"name":"BIBLISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"BIBLISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.30965/25890468-06802006","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"RELIGION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This paper offers a new understanding of the word הקטן regarding David in 1 Samuel 16. Instead of focusing on David’s young age, the paper suggests focusing on his height, an understanding that is supported by various details in Samuel as well as in biblical and post-biblical literature.