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Kingsמְלָכִיםcame,בָּאוּthey fought;נִלְחָמוּthenאָזthe kingsמַלְכֵיof Canaanכְנַעַןfoughtנִלְחֲמוּat Taanach,בְּתַעְנַךְbyעַלthe watersמֵיof Megiddo;מְגִדּוֹgainבֶּצַעof silverכֶּסֶףthey did notלֹאtake.לָקָחוּ
Judges 5:19
Study it in the app“Kings came, they fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; gain of silver they did not take.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 5:19, word by word
- Kingsמְלָכִיםmelachim
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appears- cameבָּאוּbau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appears- they foughtנִלְחָמוּnilchamu
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilchamu” appears- of Canaanכְנַעַןchenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “chenaan” appears- at Taanachתַעְנַךְtanach
Taanach
Taanach: a Canaanite city near Megiddo.
Where else “tanach” appears- the watersמֵיme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appears- of Megiddoמְגִדּוֹmegido
Megiddo
See it on the mapWhere else “megido” appears- gainבֶּצַעbetsa
gain, profit
Gain, profit; often gain got by wrongdoing.
Where else “betsa” appears- of silverכֶּסֶףkesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kesef” appears- takeלָקָחוּlakachu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachu” appears
Places in this verse
1Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
2Megiddo
Today: Tel Megiddo ruins, Israel
A city guarding an important pass into the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel.
Canaanite kings fought Israel there (Judg 5:19). Solomon fortified it (1 Kgs 9:15), and King Josiah died there (2 Kgs 23:29).
The context
18Zebulun is a people that exposed its life to death, and Naphtali, on the heights of the field.
19 · This verse (above)
20From the heavens they fought; the stars from their courses fought against Sisera.