Study it in the app“She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.”
Sheוְהִיאused to sitיוֹשֶׁבֶתunderתַּחַתthe palmתֹּמֶרof DeborahדְּבוֹרָהbetweenבֵּיןRamahהָרָמָהandוּבֵיןBethelבֵּית אֵלin the hill countryבְּהַרof Ephraim,אֶפְרָיִםand the sonsוַ בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלcame upיַּעֲלוּto herאֵלֶיהָfor judgment.לַמִּשְׁפָּט
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshevet” appearspalm tree
A tall straight-trunked tree that bears dates.
Where else “tomer” appearsDeborah
Deborah, the name of Rebekah's nurse and of the prophetess who judged Israel. The name means "bee".
Where else “devora” appearsRamah
See it on the mapWhere else “rama” appearsBethel
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” appearshill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
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” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appearsjudgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpat” appears1Ramah ?
Today: possibly er-Ram, West Bank
The name of several towns; the best known was in Benjamin, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Jerusalem, and its site is not certain.
Samuel lived in Ramah (1 Sam 7:17). Jeremiah spoke of Rachel's weeping for her children heard there (Jer 31:15).
2Bethel ?
Today: possibly Beitin, West Bank
A city in the hills about 11 miles (17 km) north of Jerusalem; the location is approximate.
There Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven and named the place Bethel, "house of God" (Gen 28:19). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
4Now Deborah, a woman, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she was judging Israel at that time.
5 · This verse (above)
6She sent and called Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh of Naphtali, and said to him, “Has not YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, commanded, ‘Go, march to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun?
