And the handוַ יַדof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלbore downתֵּלֶךְharder and harderהָלוֹךְ וְקָשָׁהonעַלJabinיָבִיןkingמֶלֶךְof Canaan,כְּנָעַןuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרthey had cut offהִכְרִיתוּJabinאֵת יָבִיןkingמֶלֶךְof Canaan.כְּנָעַן
Judges 4:24
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “melech” appears- of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- they had cut offהִכְרִיתוּhichritu
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichritu” 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
23So Elohim subdued on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the sons of Israel.
24 · This verse (above)