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Do to themעֲשֵׂה לָהֶםas to Midian,כְּמִדְיָןas to Sisera,כְּסִיסְרָאas to Jabinכְיָבִיןat the brookבְּנַחַלKishon,קִישׁוֹן
Psalms 83:9
Study it in the app“Do to them as to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin at the brook Kishon,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 83:9, word by word
- Do to themעֲשֵׂהase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ase” appears- as to Midianמִדְיָןmidyan
Midian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appears- as to 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- as to Jabinיָבִיןyavin
Jabin
Jabin: a king of Hazor in the time of Joshua; another king of the same name appears in Judges 4.
Where else “yavin” appears- at the brookנַחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- Kishonקִישׁוֹןkishon
Kishon
Kishon, a brook that runs through the plain at the foot of Mount Tabor, in the north of Israel.
Where else “kishon” appears
Translation note
The victories over Sisera and Jabin, and over Midian and its chiefs Oreb, Zeeb, Zebah and Zalmunna, are told in Judges 4–5 and 7–8.
Places in this verse
Midian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
The context
8Also Assyria has joined them; they have been an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.
9 · This verse (above)
10who were destroyed at Endor; they became dung for the ground.