Jaelיָעֵלwent outוַתֵּצֵאto meetלִקְרַאתSiseraסִיסְרָאand said to him,וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו“Turn aside,סוּרָהmy lord,אֲדֹנִיturn asideסוּרָהto me;אֵלַיdo notאַלbe afraid.”תִּירָאSo he turned asideוַיָּסַרto herאֵלֶיהָinto the tent,הָאֹהֱלָהand she covered himוַתְּכַסֵּהוּwith a blanket.בַּשְּׂמִיכָה
Judges 4:18
Study it in the app“Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; do not be afraid.” So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a blanket.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 4:18, word by word
- Jaelיָעֵלyael
Jael
Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite; she put Sisera to death. The name means "mountain goat."
Where else “yael” appears- went outתֵּצֵאtetse
set out
To set out somewhere, or go out to war.
Where else “tetse” appears- to meetקְרַאתkerat
meet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” 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- and said to himתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “Turn asideסוּרָsura
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sura” appears- my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- be afraidתִּירָאtira
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tira” appears- into the tentאֹהֱלָohela
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohela” appears- and she covered himתְּכַסֵּtechase
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “techase” appears- with a blanketשְּׂמִיכָהsemicha
rug, covering
Rug or covering. The word appears only here in the whole Bible, so it is not known exactly what kind of covering it was.
Where else “semicha” appears
The context
17Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
18 · This verse (above)
19He said to her, “Give me to drink, please, a little water, for I am thirsty.” She opened the skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him.