Her handיָדָהּshe stretched outתִּשְׁלַחְנָהto the peg,לַיָּתֵדand her right handוִימִינָהּto the malletלְהַלְמוּתof the workmen;עֲמֵלִיםshe hammeredוְהָלְמָהSisera,סִיסְרָאshe crushedמָחֲקָהhis head,רֹאשׁוֹshe shatteredוּמָחֲצָהand piercedוְחָלְפָהhis temple.רַקָּתוֹ
Judges 5:26
Study it in the app“Her 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 5:26, word by word
- Her handיָדָyada
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appears- she stretched outתִּשְׁלַחְנָהtishlachna
stretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “tishlachna” appears- to the pegיָּתֵדyated
peg
A spike driven in to hold a tent, or a nail in a wall.
Where else “yated” appears- and her right handימִינָymina
right hand
The hand on the side of strength and honor.
Where else “ymina” appears- to the malletהַלְמוּתhalmut
mallet
Mallet or hammer: a heavy tool for striking. It appears only here.
Where else “halmut” appears- of the workmenעֲמֵלִיםamelim
laborer
A person who toils at work until worn out.
Where else “amelim” appears- she hammeredהָלְמָהhalma
strike, hammer
Hammer, strike hard, trample. Used of the blow of a hammer and of horses' hoofs on the ground.
Where else “halma” 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- she crushedמָחֲקָהmachaka
crush
Crush, smash. It appears only here.
Where else “machaka” appears- his headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- she shatteredמָחֲצָהmachatsa
shatter, crush
Shatter: strike hard until it breaks or is crushed.
Where else “machatsa” appears- and piercedחָלְפָהchalfa
pierce
To go right through with a blow, pierce.
Where else “chalfa” appears- his templeרַקָּתrakat
temple (of the head)
Temple: the side of the head, the thin part between the eye and the ear.
Where else “rakat” appears
The context
25Water he asked, milk she gave; in a bowl of nobles she presented curds.
26 · This verse (above)
27Between her feet he sank, he fell, he lay; between her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell, destroyed.