Judges 5:21

“The brook Kishon swept them away, the ancient brook, the brook Kishon. Tread on, my soul, with strength!”

Judges 5:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 5:21, word by word

The brookנַחַלnachal

torrent

A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.

Where else “nachal” appears
Kishonקִישׁוֹןkishon

Kishon

Kishon, a brook that runs through the plain at the foot of Mount Tabor, in the north of Israel.

Where else “kishon” appears
swept them awayגְּרָפָgerafa

sweep away

Sweep away, carry something off with violence, as a stream of water does. It appears only here.

Where else “gerafa” appears
the ancientקְדוּמִיםkedumim

ancient

Ancient, from times past. It appears only here, of the brook Kishon.

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Tread onתִּדְרְכִיtidrchi

tread

To step on; crush grapes underfoot.

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my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

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with strengthעֹזoz

strength

Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.

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The context

20From the heavens they fought; the stars from their courses fought against Sisera.

21 · This verse (above)

22Then the hoofs of the horses hammered from the galloping, the galloping of his steeds.

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