Judges 5:26

“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.”

Judges 5:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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and her right handימִינָymina

right hand

The hand on the side of strength and honor.

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to the malletהַלְמוּתhalmut

mallet

Mallet or hammer: a heavy tool for striking. It appears only here.

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of the workmenעֲמֵלִיםamelim

laborer

A person who toils at work until worn out.

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she hammeredהָלְמָהhalma

strike, hammer

Hammer, strike hard, trample. Used of the blow of a hammer and of horses' hoofs on the ground.

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Siseraסִיסְרָאsisra

Sisera

Sisera, commander of the army of Jabin, the Canaanite king of Hazor. Later another person bears the same name (Ezra 2:53).

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she crushedמָחֲקָהmachaka

crush

Crush, smash. It appears only here.

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his headרֹאשׁrosh

head

The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.

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she shatteredמָחֲצָהmachatsa

shatter, crush

Shatter: strike hard until it breaks or is crushed.

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and piercedחָלְפָהchalfa

pierce

To go right through with a blow, pierce.

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his templeרַקָּתrakat

temple (of the head)

Temple: the side of the head, the thin part between the eye and the ear.

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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.

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