The sonsבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלcried outוַיִּצְעֲקוּtoאֶלYHWH,יְהוָהforכִּיhe hadלוֹnineתְּשַׁעhundredמֵאוֹתchariotsרֶכֶבof iron,בַּרְזֶלand heוְהוּאhad oppressedלָחַץthe sonsאֶת בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwith forceבְּחָזְקָהtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםyears.שָׁנָה
Judges 4:3
Study it in the app“The sons of Israel cried out to YHWH, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had oppressed the sons of Israel with force twenty years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 4:3, word by word
- The sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” 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- cried outיִּצְעֲקוּyitsaku
cry out
To shout for help or justice.
Where else “yitsaku” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- nineתְּשַׁעtesha
nine
Nine; also "ninth".
Where else “tesha” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- chariotsרֶכֶבrechev
chariot
War chariots.
Where else “rechev” appears- of ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appears- had oppressedלָחַץlachats
oppress
To mistreat the weak or the foreigner.
Where else “lachats” appears- with forceחָזְקָהchazka
force, harshness
Force, harshness. Almost always in a bad sense: to treat someone "with force," that is, with violence and harshness. In Jonah 3:8, to cry out "mightily."
Where else “chazka” appears- twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears
The context
2YHWH sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, and he lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
3 · This verse (above)
4Now Deborah, a woman, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she was judging Israel at that time.