She said,וַתֹּאמֶר“I will certainly goהָלֹךְ אֵלֵךְwith you;עִמָּךְonly,אֶפֶס כִּיthe honorתִּפְאַרְתְּwill notלֹאbeתִהְיֶהyoursךָonעַלthe roadהַדֶּרֶךְon whichאֲשֶׁרyouאַתָּהare going,הוֹלֵךְforכִּיinto the handבְיַדof a womanאִשָּׁהYHWHיְהוָהwill sellיִמְכֹּרSisera.”אֶת סִיסְרָאDeborahדְּבוֹרָהaroseוַתָּקָםand wentוַתֵּלֶךwithעִםBarakבָּרָקto Kedesh.קֶדְשָׁה
Judges 4:9
Study it in the app“She said, “I will certainly go with you; only, the honor will not be yours on the road on which you are going, for into the hand of a woman YHWH will sell Sisera.” Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 4:9, word by word
- She saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “I will certainly goהָלֹךְhaloch
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “haloch” appears- “I will certainly goאֵלֵךְelech
go along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “elech” appears- onlyאֶפֶסefes
only
Only, however.
Where else “efes” appears- the honorתִּפְאַרְתְּtifart
honor
The glory or honor of the one who stands out.
Where else “tifart” appears- beתִהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- the roadדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- into the handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” 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- will sellיִמְכֹּרyimkor
hand over
To hand someone over to another, above all YHWH handing his people over to their enemies.
Where else “yimkor” appears- Siseraסִיסְרָאsisra
Sisera
Sisera, commander of the army of Jabin, the Canaanite king of Hazor. Later another person bears the same name (Ezra 2:53).
Where else “sisra” appears- Deborahדְּבוֹרָהdevora
Deborah
Deborah, the name of Rebekah's nurse and of the prophetess who judged Israel. The name means "bee".
Where else “devora” appears- aroseתָּקָםtakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “takam” appears- Barakבָּרָקbarak
Barak
Barak, son of Abinoam, of the tribe of Naphtali; he led the army of Israel against Sisera. The name means "lightning."
Where else “barak” appears- to Kedeshקֶדְשָׁkedsha
Kedesh
Kedesh: the name of several cities; it means "holy place."
Where else “kedsha” appears
Translation note
“Honor” translates here the word that elsewhere is “beauty” (Exodus 28:2).
The context
8Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you do not go with me, I will not go.”
9 · This verse (above)
10Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and there went up following him ten thousand men, and Deborah went up with him.