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Fromמִןthe heavensשָׁמַיִםthey fought;נִלְחָמוּthe starsהַכּוֹכָבִיםfrom their coursesמִמְּסִלּוֹתָםfoughtנִלְחֲמוּagainstעִםSisera.סִיסְרָא
Judges 5:20
Study it in the app“From the heavens they fought; the stars from their courses fought against Sisera.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 5:20, word by word
- the heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- they foughtנִלְחָמוּnilchamu
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilchamu” appears- the starsכּוֹכָבִיםkochavim
star
Star.
Where else “kochavim” appears- from their coursesמְּסִלּוֹתָmesilota
highway
Highway: a main road, raised and leveled.
Where else “mesilota” 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
Translation note
“Courses” is the word that elsewhere is translated “highway” (Numbers 20:19): the roads along which the stars travel.
The context
19Kings came, they fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; gain of silver they did not take.
20 · This verse (above)
21The brook Kishon swept them away, the ancient brook, the brook Kishon. Tread on, my soul, with strength!