1 Samuel 17:38
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And Saul clothed David with his garments, and put a helmet of brass upon his head, and armed him with a coat of mail.

1 Samuel 17:5 And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clothed with a coat of mail with scales, and the weight of his coat of mail was five thousand sicles of brass:

Context
David Slays Goliath
38And Saul clothed David with his garments, and put a helmet of brass upon his head, and armed him with a coat of mail.39And David having girded his sword upon his armour, began to try if he could walk in armour: for he was not accustomed to it. And David said to Saul: I cannot go thus, for I am not used to it. And he laid them off,…
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:37
And David said: The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David: Go, and the Lord be with thee.

1 Samuel 17:39
And David having girded his sword upon his armour, began to try if he could walk in armour: for he was not accustomed to it. And David said to Saul: I cannot go thus, for I am not used to it. And he laid them off,

1 Samuel 18:4
And Jonathan stripped himself of the coat with which he was clothed, and gave it to David, and the rest of his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

Jeremiah 46:4
Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen: stand forth with helmets, furbish the spears, put on coats of mail.

Lexicon
Then Saul
שָׁא֤וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

clothed
וַיַּלְבֵּ֨שׁ (way·yal·bêš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3847: Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe

David
דָּוִד֙ (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

in his own tunic,
מַדָּ֔יו (mad·dāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4055: Extent, height, a measure, a vesture, a carpet

put
וְנָתַ֛ן (wə·nā·ṯan)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

a bronze
נְחֹ֖שֶׁת (nə·ḥō·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5178: Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base

helmet
ק֥וֹבַע (qō·w·ḇa‘)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6959: A helmet

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

his head,
רֹאשׁ֑וֹ (rō·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

and dressed
וַיַּלְבֵּ֥שׁ (way·yal·bêš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3847: Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe

him
אֹת֖וֹ (’ō·ṯōw)
Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

in armor.
שִׁרְיֽוֹן׃ (šir·yō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8302: Body armor


Additional Translations
Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put an helmet of brass on his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.

And Saul clad David with his apparel, and he put a helmet of brass upon his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.

And Saul clothed David with a military coat, and put his brazen helmet on his head.

And Saul clothed David with his dress, and put a helmet of bronze upon his head, and clothed him with a corselet.

And Saul clad David with his apparel, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.

And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put a helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.

Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of brass on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.

And Saul clotheth David with his long robe, and hath put a helmet of brass on his head, and doth clothe him with a coat of mail.
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