She sentוַתִּשְׁלַחand calledוַתִּקְרָאBarakלְבָרָקsonבֶּןof Abinoamאֲבִינֹעַםfrom Kedeshמִקֶּדֶשׁof Naphtali,נַפְתָּלִיand said to him,וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו“Has notהֲלֹאYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלcommanded,צִוָּה‘Go,לֵךְmarchוּמָשַׁכְתָּto MountבְּהַרTabor,תָּבוֹרand takeוְלָקַחְתָּwith youעִמְּךָtenעֲשֶׂרֶתthousandאֲלָפִיםmenאִישׁfrom the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Naphtaliנַפְתָּלִיand from the sonsוּמִבְּנֵיof Zebulun?זְבֻלוּן
Judges 4:6
Study it in the app“She 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?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 4:6, word by word
- She sentתִּשְׁלַחtishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “tishlach” appears- and calledתִּקְרָאtikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “tikra” appears- Barakבָרָקvarak
Barak
Barak, son of Abinoam, of the tribe of Naphtali; he led the army of Israel against Sisera. The name means "lightning."
Where else “varak” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Abinoamאֲבִינֹעַםavinoam
Abinoam
Abinoam, the father of Barak. The name means "father of pleasantness" or "my father is pleasant."
Where else “avinoam” appears- from Kedeshקֶּדֶשׁkedesh
Kedesh
Kedesh: the name of several cities; it means "holy place."
Where else “kedesh” appears- of Naphtaliנַפְתָּלִיnaftali
Naphtali
Naphtali, a son of Jacob and Bilhah; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name sounds like "wrestle".
Where else “naftali” appears- and said to himתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” 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- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” 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- commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- ‘Goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- marchמָשַׁכְתָּmashachta
go
To set out toward a place, often as a group.
Where else “mashachta” appears- to Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Taborתָּבוֹרtavor
Tabor
See it on the mapWhere else “tavor” appears- and takeלָקַחְתָּlakachta
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “lakachta” appears- tenעֲשֶׂרֶתaseret
ten
Ten.
Where else “aseret” appears- thousandאֲלָפִיםalafim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Zebulunזְבֻלוּןzevulun
Zebulun
Zebulun, a son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land.
Where else “zevulun” appears
Translation note
The New Testament mentions Barak among those who acted by faith (Hebrews 11:32).
Places in this verse
Tabor
Today: Mount Tabor, Lower Galilee, Israel
An isolated mountain in northern Israel at the edge of the Jezreel Valley, about 11 miles (17 km) west of the Sea of Galilee.
Barak gathered ten thousand men there and, with Deborah, defeated Sisera (Judg 4:6, 14).
The context
5She 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.
6 · This verse (above)
7And I will draw out to you, to the brook Kishon, Sisera, the commander of the army of Jabin, with his chariots and his multitude, and I will give him into your hand.’”