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Waterמַיִםhe asked,שָׁאַלmilkחָלָבshe gave;נָתָנָהin a bowlבְּסֵפֶלof noblesאַדִּירִיםshe presentedהִקְרִיבָהcurds.חֶמְאָה
Judges 5:25
Study it in the app“Water he asked, milk she gave; in a bowl of nobles she presented curds.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 5:25, word by word
- Waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- he askedשָׁאַלshaal
ask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “shaal” appears- milkחָלָבchalav
milk
Milk.
Where else “chalav” appears- she gaveנָתָנָהnatana
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natana” appears- in a bowlסֵפֶלsefel
bowl
Bowl: a deep vessel. It appears only in Judges 5:25 and Judges 6:38.
Where else “sefel” appears- of noblesאַדִּירִיםadirim
noble
The important men of a people, those of highest rank.
Where else “adirim” appears- she presentedהִקְרִיבָהhikriva
bring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “hikriva” appears- curdsחֶמְאָהchema
curds, butter
Curds or butter: curdled milk.
Where else “chema” appears
The context
24Blessed be above women Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; above women in the tent may she be blessed.
25 · This verse (above)
26Her hand she stretched out to the peg, and her right hand to the mallet of the workmen; she hammered Sisera, she crushed his head, she shattered and pierced his temple.