Judges 5:12

“Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, son of Abinoam.”

Judges 5:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 5:12, word by word

Awakeעוּרִיuri

awake

To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.

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Deborahדְּבוֹרָהdevora

Deborah

Deborah, the name of Rebekah's nurse and of the prophetess who judged Israel. The name means "bee".

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utterדַּבְּרִיdabri

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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a songשִׁירshir

song

A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.

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Ariseקוּםkum

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

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Barakבָּרָקbarak

Barak

Barak, son of Abinoam, of the tribe of Naphtali; he led the army of Israel against Sisera. The name means "lightning."

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and lead awayשֲׁבֵהshave

take captive

Take captive, carry off as prisoners in war.

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your captivesשֶׁבְיְshevy

captive, captivity

Captive, prisoner; captivity.

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sonבֶּןben

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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of Abinoamאֲבִינֹעַםavinoam

Abinoam

Abinoam, the father of Barak. The name means "father of pleasantness" or "my father is pleasant."

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The context

11Away from the sound of the archers, among the watering places, there they recount the righteous acts of YHWH, the righteous acts of his villages in Israel. Then the people of YHWH went down to the gates.

12 · This verse (above)

13Then the survivor went down toward the nobles; the people of YHWH went down for me against the mighty men.

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