And look,וְהִנֵּהBarakבָרָקwas pursuingרֹדֵףSisera,אֶת סִיסְרָאand Jaelוַ יָעֵלwent outתֵּצֵאto meet himלִקְרָאתוֹand said to him,וַתֹּאמֶר לוֹ“Come,לֵךְand I will show youוְאַרְאֶךָּthe manאֶת הָאִישׁwhomאֲשֶׁרyouאַתָּהare seeking.”מְבַקֵּשׁHe went inוַיָּבֹאwith her,אֵלֶיהָand thereוְהִנֵּהwas Sisera,סִיסְרָאfallenנֹפֵלdead,מֵתwith the pegוְהַיָּתֵדin his temple.בְּרַקָּתוֹ
Judges 4:22
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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."
Where else “varak” appears- was pursuingרֹדֵףrodef
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “rodef” 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 Jaelיָעֵלyael
Jael
Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite; she put Sisera to death. The name means "mountain goat."
Where else “yael” appears- went outתֵּצֵאtetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tetse” appears- to meet himקְרָאתkerat
meet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” 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- “Comeלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- and I will show youאַרְאֶare
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “are” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- are seekingמְבַקֵּשׁmevakesh
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakesh” appears- He went inיָּבֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- fallenנֹפֵלnofel
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nofel” appears- deadמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- with the pegיָּתֵדyated
peg
A spike driven in to hold a tent, or a nail in a wall.
Where else “yated” appears- in his templeרַקָּתrakat
temple (of the head)
Temple: the side of the head, the thin part between the eye and the ear.
Where else “rakat” appears
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.