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He said to her,וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ“Standעֲמֹדat the entranceפֶּתַחof the tent,הָאֹהֶלand ifוְהָיָה אִםanyoneאִישׁcomesיָבוֹאand asks youוּשְׁאֵלֵךְand says,וְאָמַר‘Is thereהֲיֵשׁa manאִישׁhere?’פֹּהyou shall say,וְאָמַרְתְּ‘No.’”אָיִן
Judges 4:20
Study it in the app“He said to her, “Stand at the entrance of the tent, and if anyone comes and asks you and says, ‘Is there a man here?’ you shall say, ‘No.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 4:20, word by word
- He said to herיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Standעֲמֹדamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amod” appears- at the entranceפֶּתַחpetach
entrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “petach” appears- of the tentאֹהֶלohel
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohel” appears- and ifהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- anyoneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- comesיָבוֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- and asks youשְׁאֵלֵsheele
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “sheele” appears
The context
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.
20 · This verse (above)
21But Jael the wife of Heber took the peg of the tent and put the hammer in her hand, and she came to him quietly and drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground; he was fast asleep and exhausted, and he died.