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In the daysבִּימֵיof Shamgarשַׁמְגַּרsonבֶּןof Anath,עֲנָתin the daysבִּימֵיof Jael,יָעֵלthe pathsאֳרָחוֹתceased,חָדְלוּand those who walkedוְהֹלְכֵיon trailsנְתִיבוֹתwentיֵלְכוּby crookedעֲקַלְקַלּוֹתpaths.אֳרָחוֹת
Judges 5:6
Study it in the app“In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the paths ceased, and those who walked on trails went by crooked paths.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 5:6, word by word
- In the daysימֵיyme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appears- of Shamgarשַׁמְגַּרshamgar
Shamgar
Shamgar: a judge of Israel who defeated six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
Where else “shamgar” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Anathעֲנָתanat
Anath
Anath: the father of Shamgar.
Where else “anat” appears- of Jaelיָעֵלyael
Jael
Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite; she put Sisera to death. The name means "mountain goat."
Where else “yael” appears- the pathsאֳרָחוֹתorachot
path
A road; or a way of life.
Where else “orachot” appears- ceasedחָדְלוּchadlu
cease, stop
Stop doing something, cease; leave off.
Where else “chadlu” appears- and those who walkedהֹלְכֵיholche
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holche” appears- on trailsנְתִיבוֹתnetivot
path
Path: a narrow way marked out by people's steps.
Where else “netivot” appears- wentיֵלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- by crookedעֲקַלְקַלּוֹתakalkalot
crooked, winding
Crooked, winding.
Where else “akalkalot” appears
Translation note
It can be understood that no one dared any longer to travel the main roads, for fear of the enemies.
The context
5The mountains melted before YHWH, this Sinai, before YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.
6 · This verse (above)
7The villages ceased in Israel; they ceased, until I arose, Deborah, I arose, a mother in Israel.