Study it in the app“‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil? A girl, two girls for each head of a man; spoil of dyed cloth for Sisera, spoil of dyed cloth embroidered; dyed cloth, two embroideries, for the necks of the spoil.’”
‘Are they notהֲלֹאfindingיִמְצְאוּand dividingיְחַלְּקוּthe spoil?שָׁלָלA girl,רַחַםtwo girlsרַחֲמָתַיִםfor each headלְרֹאשׁof a man;גֶּבֶרspoilשְׁלַלof dyed clothצְבָעִיםfor Sisera,לְסִיסְרָאspoilשְׁלַלof dyed clothצְבָעִיםembroidered;רִקְמָהdyed cloth,צֶבַעtwo embroideries,רִקְמָתַיִםfor the necksלְצַוְּארֵיof the spoil.’שָׁלָל
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimtsu” appearsdivide
To give each one their part.
Where else “yechalku” appearsspoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shalal” appearswomb
The part of a mother's body where the child grows before birth.
Where else “racham” appearsgirl, womb
Girl. Word for word, "womb": a scornful way of speaking of a captive woman. It appears only here.
Where else “rachamatayim” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appearsman
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gever” appearsdyed cloth
Dyed cloth: colored cloth. The word means "dye."
Where else “tsevaim” appearsSisera
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” appearsembroidery
Cloth decorated with colored threads.
Where else “rikma” appearsneck
The neck.
Where else “tsavre” appears“Girl” translates here a word that means “womb”: a contemptuous way of speaking about the captive women. The ending (“for the necks of the spoil”) is difficult in Hebrew.
29The wisest of her princesses answer her; she too repeats her words to herself:
30 · This verse (above)
31So may all your enemies perish, YHWH! But may those who love him be like the going out of the sun in its strength.” And the land was calm forty years.
