DeborahדְּבֹרָהsaidוַתֹּאמֶרtoאֶלBarak,בָּרָק“Rise,קוּםforכִּיthis isזֶהthe dayהַיּוֹםon whichאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas givenנָתַןSiseraאֶת סִיסְרָאinto your hand.בְּיָדֶךָHas notהֲלֹאYHWHיְהוָהgone outיָצָאbefore you?”לְפָנֶיךָSo Barakבָּרָקwent downוַיֵּרֶדfrom MountמֵהַרTabor,תָּבוֹרand tenוַעֲשֶׂרֶתthousandאֲלָפִיםmenאִישׁbehind him.אַחֲרָיו
Judges 4:14
Study it in the app“Deborah 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 4:14, word by word
- Deborahדְּבֹרָהdevora
Deborah
Deborah, the name of Rebekah's nurse and of the prophetess who judged Israel. The name means "bee".
Where else “devora” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- Barakבָּרָקbarak
Barak
Barak, son of Abinoam, of the tribe of Naphtali; he led the army of Israel against Sisera. The name means "lightning."
Where else “barak” appears- “Riseקוּםkum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appears- the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- has givenנָתַןnatan
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “natan” appears- 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- into your handיָדֶyade
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yade” appears- gone outיָצָאyatsa
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- went downיֵּרֶדyered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” appears- from Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Taborתָּבוֹרtavor
Tabor
See it on the mapWhere else “tavor” appears- and tenעֲשֶׂרֶתaseret
ten
Ten.
Where else “aseret” appears- thousandאֲלָפִיםalafim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears
Places in this verse
Tabor
Today: Mount Tabor, Lower Galilee, Israel
An isolated mountain in northern Israel at the edge of the Jezreel Valley, about 11 miles (17 km) west of the Sea of Galilee.
Barak gathered ten thousand men there and, with Deborah, defeated Sisera (Judg 4:6, 14).
The context
13Sisera summoned all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the brook Kishon.
14 · This verse (above)
15YHWH threw into confusion Sisera and all the chariots and all the camp with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera got down from the chariot and fled on foot.