Judges 5:31

“So 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.”

Judges 5:31 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 5:31, word by word

your enemiesאוֹיְבֶיoyve

enemy

Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.

Where else “oyve” appears
perishיֹאבְדוּyovdu

perish

To die, be ruined.

Where else “yovdu” appears
YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
But may those who love himאֹהֲבָיohavay

love

To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.

Where else “ohavay” appears
be like the going outצֵאתtset

go out

To go out of a place.

Where else “tset” appears
of the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh

sun

The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.

Where else “shemesh” appears
in its strengthגְבֻרָתgevurat

strength

Strength of body or spirit to face something.

Where else “gevurat” appears
And the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
was calmתִּשְׁקֹטtishkot

be at rest, be quiet

Be at rest, be quiet, without war or alarm.

Where else “tishkot” appears
fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim

forty

Forty.

Where else “arbaim” appears
yearsשָׁנָהshana

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

Where else “shana” appears

The context

30‘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.’

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