דברי הימים א, פרק כ׳, פסוק ו׳

During another fierce battle in the Philistine city of Gath, a terrifying and highly unusual warrior appeared on the battlefield. This fighter was born to a giant, descending from the ancient Rephaim—a race of giants who remained in the land and frequently assisted the Philistines in their wars [מצודת ציון, רד"ק, ביאור שטיינזלץ]. He was a man of such massive proportions that he stood out entirely from ordinary men. While people do not usually measure average individuals, this warrior's exceptional height naturally drove onlookers to measure and calculate his massive size [רש"י, ביאור שטיינזלץ].

Beyond his towering stature, the giant possessed a rare physical anomaly: twenty-four digits in total, with exactly six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. Commentators offer different perspectives on the significance of this trait. One approach views this extra set of digits as a hereditary condition that primarily magnified his frightening appearance [ביאור שטיינזלץ]. Another perspective suggests that this unique physical structure actually granted him immense strength, allowing him to grip his weapon with far greater power than a normal man [רש"י].

The specific way his fingers and toes are counted is highly deliberate. If the account had only mentioned "six and six," one might mistakenly assume he had a total of six fingers across both hands—three on each—and six toes across both feet. Conversely, if only the total sum of twenty-four had been recorded, one could easily guess that the extra digits were distributed unevenly, such as having seven on one hand and five on the other. By detailing both the exact pairs and the final sum, the description makes it perfectly clear that each of his four limbs had exactly six digits [רש"י, מצודת דוד, רד"ק].