Judges 4:24

“And 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.”

Judges 4:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 4:24, word by word

And the handיַדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yad” appears
of 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
bore downתֵּלֶךְtelech

go

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

Where else “telech” appears
harder and harderהָלוֹךְhaloch

keep growing

Something that grows little by little.

Where else “haloch” appears
harder and harderקָשָׁהkasha

hard

Which is very costly to bear, do or solve.

Where else “kasha” 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.

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of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan

Canaan

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they had cut offהִכְרִיתוּhichritu

cut off

To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.

Where else “hichritu” appears

Places in this verse

JerusalemCanaan
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Genesis 12:5Genesis 17:8Exodus 6:4Joshua 5:12

The context

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

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