Study it in the app“But they forgot YHWH their Elohim, and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.”
But they forgotוַיִּשְׁכְּחוּYHWHאֶת יְהוָהtheir Elohim,אֱלֹהֵיהֶםand he soldוַיִּמְכֹּרthemאֹתָםinto the handבְּיַדof Sisera,סִיסְרָאcommanderשַׂרof the armyצְבָאof Hazor,חָצוֹרand into the handוּבְיַדof the Philistines,פְּלִשְׁתִּיםand into the handוּבְיַדof the kingמֶלֶךְof Moab,מוֹאָבand they foughtוַיִּלָּחֲמוּagainst them.בָּם
forget
Forget.
Where else “yishkchu” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another, above all YHWH handing his people over to their enemies.
Where else “yimkor” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsSisera
Sisera, commander of the army of Jabin, the Canaanite king of Hazor. Later another person bears the same name (Ezra 2:53).
Where else “sisra” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appearsarmy
An army.
Where else “tseva” appearsHazor
See it on the mapWhere else “chatsor” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsfight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “yilachamu” appears1Hazor
Today: Tel Hazor ruins, Israel
A city in northern Israel, about 9 miles (15 km) north of the Sea of Galilee.
Joshua defeated and burned it (Josh 11:10-11). Later its king Jabin oppressed Israel until Deborah and Barak defeated him (Judg 4:2). Solomon fortified it (1 Kgs 9:15).
2Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
8When Jacob came to Egypt, your fathers cried out to YHWH, and YHWH sent Moses and Aaron, and they brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
9 · This verse (above)
10They cried out to YHWH and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken YHWH and have served the Baals and the Astartes. And now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.’
