Judges 4:13

“Sisera summoned all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the brook Kishon.”

Judges 4:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 4:13, word by word

Siseraסִיסְרָאsisra

Sisera

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” appears
summonedיַּזְעֵקyazek

summon

To call together.

Where else “yazek” appears
his chariotsרִכְבּrichb

chariot

War chariots.

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nineתְּשַׁעtesha

nine

Nine; also "ninth".

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hundredמֵאוֹתmeot

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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of ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel

iron

Iron; an iron tool.

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the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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from Harosheth-hagoyimחֲרֹשֶׁתcharoshet

Harosheth

Harosheth, a place in the north of Canaan where Sisera lived. Its full name is Harosheth-hagoyim, "Harosheth of the nations."

Where else “charoshet” appears
from Harosheth-hagoyimהַגּוֹיִםhagoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

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the brookנַחַלnachal

torrent

A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.

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Kishonקִישׁוֹןkishon

Kishon

Kishon, a brook that runs through the plain at the foot of Mount Tabor, in the north of Israel.

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The context

12They told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.

13 · This verse (above)

14Deborah said to Barak, “Rise, for this is the day on which YHWH has given Sisera into your hand. Has not YHWH gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men behind him.

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