Goliath
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Goliah · Jalyāt · Jālūt · جالوت · جليات
in the texts
The Rights of War and Peace
Biblical Philistine warrior slain by David.
And when David exposed the head of Goliah, it was done to one, who was an alien, and a despiser of God, and might be justified by that law, which confined the name and privileges of neighbour to the Hebrews.
Ansāb al-ʻArab al-qudamāʼ
The Philistine champion whose name reached Arabic as Jālūt, another instance of a name reshaped in transmission.
On this same principle the name Qābīn turned into Qābīl, and Shāʼūl into Ṭālūt, and Jalyāt into Jālūt, and Fūraḥ into Qārūn.