Judges 4:22

“And look, Barak was pursuing Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” He went in with her, and there was Sisera, fallen dead, with the peg in his temple.”

Judges 4:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 4:22, word by word

Barakבָרָקvarak

Barak

Barak, son of Abinoam, of the tribe of Naphtali; he led the army of Israel against Sisera. The name means "lightning."

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was pursuingרֹדֵףrodef

pursue

To go after someone to catch them.

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Siseraסִיסְרָאsisra

Sisera

Sisera, commander of the army of Jabin, the Canaanite king of Hazor. Later another person bears the same name (Ezra 2:53).

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and Jaelיָעֵלyael

Jael

Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite; she put Sisera to death. The name means "mountain goat."

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went outתֵּצֵאtetse

go out

To go out of a place.

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to meet himקְרָאתkerat

meet

To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.

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and said to himתֹּאמֶרtomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“Comeלֵךְlech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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and I will show youאַרְאֶare

appear

To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.

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the manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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are seekingמְבַקֵּשׁmevakesh

seek

To go after someone or something in order to find it.

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He went inיָּבֹאyavo

enter

To go into a place.

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fallenנֹפֵלnofel

fall

To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.

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deadמֵתmet

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

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with the pegיָּתֵדyated

peg

A spike driven in to hold a tent, or a nail in a wall.

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in his templeרַקָּתrakat

temple (of the head)

Temple: the side of the head, the thin part between the eye and the ear.

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The context

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.

22 · This verse (above)

23So Elohim subdued on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the sons of Israel.

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