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So Elohimוַ אֱלֹהִיםsubduedיַּכְנַעon that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאJabinאֵת יָבִיןkingמֶלֶךְof Canaanכְּנָעַןbeforeלִפְנֵיthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Judges 4:23
Study it in the app“So Elohim subdued on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 4:23, word by word
- So Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- subduedיַּכְנַעyachna
subdue
To master an enemy until he is under one's own power.
Where else “yachna” appears- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- Jabinיָבִיןyavin
Jabin
Jabin: a king of Hazor in the time of Joshua; another king of the same name appears in Judges 4.
Where else “yavin” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
Places in this verse
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
22And 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.
23 · This verse (above)
24And the hand of the sons of Israel bore down harder and harder on Jabin king of Canaan, until they had cut off Jabin king of Canaan.