- 1And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.וַיֹּסִ֨פוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְאֵה֖וּד מֵֽת
- 2And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.וַיִּמְכְּרֵ֣ם יְהוָ֗ה בְּיַד֙ יָבִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ כְּנַ֔עַן אֲשֶׁ֥ר מָלַ֖ךְ בְּחָצ֑וֹר וְשַׂר צְבָאוֹ֙ סִֽיסְרָ֔א וְה֥וּא יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בַּחֲרֹ֥שֶׁת הַגּוֹיִֽם
- 3And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֠י תְּשַׁ֨ע מֵא֤וֹת רֶֽכֶב בַּרְזֶל֙ וְ֠הוּא לָחַ֞ץ אֶת בְּנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּחָזְקָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה
- 4And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.וּדְבוֹרָה֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה נְבִיאָ֔ה אֵ֖שֶׁת לַפִּיד֑וֹת הִ֛יא שֹׁפְטָ֥ה אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִֽיא
- 5And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.וְ֠הִיא יוֹשֶׁ֨בֶת תַּֽחַת תֹּ֜מֶר דְּבוֹרָ֗ה בֵּ֧ין הָרָמָ֛ה וּבֵ֥ין אֵ֖ל בְּהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַיַּעֲל֥וּ אֵלֶ֛יהָ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לַמִּשְׁפָּֽט
- 6And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?וַתִּשְׁלַ֗ח וַתִּקְרָא֙ לְבָרָ֣ק בֶּן אֲבִינֹ֔עַם מִקֶּ֖דֶשׁ נַפְתָּלִ֑י וַתֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו הֲלֹ֥א צִוָּ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לֵ֤ךְ וּמָֽשַׁכְתָּ֙ בְּהַ֣ר תָּב֔וֹר וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ עִמְּךָ֗ עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת אֲלָפִים֙ אִ֔ישׁ מִבְּנֵ֥י נַפְתָּלִ֖י וּמִבְּנֵ֥י זְבֻלֽוּן
- 7And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.וּמָשַׁכְתִּ֨י אֵלֶ֜יךָ אֶל נַ֣חַל קִישׁ֗וֹן אֶת סִֽיסְרָא֙ שַׂר צְבָ֣א יָבִ֔ין וְאֶת רִכְבּ֖וֹ וְאֶת הֲמוֹנ֑וֹ וּנְתַתִּ֖יהוּ בְּיָדֶֽךָ
- 8And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלֶ֨יהָ֙ בָּרָ֔ק אִם תֵּלְכִ֥י עִמִּ֖י וְהָלָ֑כְתִּי וְאִם לֹ֥א תֵלְכִ֛י עִמִּ֖י לֹ֥א אֵלֵֽךְ
- 9And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.וַתֹּ֜אמֶר הָלֹ֧ךְ אֵלֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֗ךְ אֶ֚פֶס כִּי֩ לֹ֨א תִֽהְיֶ֜ה תִּֽפְאַרְתְּךָ֗ עַל הַדֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתָּ֣ה הוֹלֵ֔ךְ כִּ֣י בְֽיַד אִשָּׁ֔ה יִמְכֹּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶת סִֽיסְרָ֑א וַתָּ֧קָם דְּבוֹרָ֛ה וַתֵּ֥לֶך עִם בָּרָ֖ק קֶֽדְשָׁה
- 10And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.וַיַּזְעֵ֨ק בָּרָ֜ק אֶת זְבוּלֻ֤ן וְאֶת נַפְתָּלִי֙ קֶ֔דְשָׁה וַיַּ֣עַל בְּרַגְלָ֔יו עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת אַלְפֵ֖י אִ֑ישׁ וַתַּ֥עַל עִמּ֖וֹ דְּבוֹרָֽה
- 11Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.וְחֶ֤בֶר הַקֵּינִי֙ נִפְרָ֣ד מִקַּ֔יִן מִבְּנֵ֥י חֹבָ֖ב חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיֵּ֣ט אָהֳל֔וֹ עַד אֵל֥וֹן בצענים בְּצַעֲנַנִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶת קֶֽדֶשׁ
- 12And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.וַיַּגִּ֖דוּ לְסִֽיסְרָ֑א כִּ֥י עָלָ֛ה בָּרָ֥ק בֶּן אֲבִינֹ֖עַם הַר תָּבֽוֹר
- 13And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.וַיַּזְעֵ֨ק סִֽיסְרָ֜א אֶת כָּל רִכְבּ֗וֹ תְּשַׁ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ רֶ֣כֶב בַּרְזֶ֔ל וְאֶת כָּל הָעָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֑וֹ מֵחֲרֹ֥שֶׁת הַגּוֹיִ֖ם אֶל נַ֥חַל קִישֽׁוֹן
- 14And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.וַתֹּאמֶר֩ דְּבֹרָ֨ה אֶל בָּרָ֜ק ק֗וּם כִּ֣י זֶ֤ה הַיּוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁר֩ נָתַ֨ן יְהוָ֤ה אֶת סִֽיסְרָא֙ בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ הֲלֹ֥א יְהוָ֖ה יָצָ֣א לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַיֵּ֤רֶד בָּרָק֙ מֵהַ֣ר תָּב֔וֹר וַעֲשֶׂ֧רֶת אֲלָפִ֛ים אִ֖ישׁ אַחֲרָֽיו
- 15And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.וַיָּ֣הָם יְ֠הוָה אֶת סִֽיסְרָ֨א וְאֶת כָּל הָרֶ֧כֶב וְאֶת כָּל הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֛ה לְפִי חֶ֖רֶב לִפְנֵ֣י בָרָ֑ק וַיֵּ֧רֶד סִֽיסְרָ֛א מֵעַ֥ל הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֖ה וַיָּ֥נָס בְּרַגְלָֽיו
- 16But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.וּבָרָ֗ק רָדַ֞ף אַחֲרֵ֤י הָרֶ֨כֶב֙ וְאַחֲרֵ֣י הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה עַ֖ד חֲרֹ֣שֶׁת הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וַיִּפֹּ֞ל כָּל מַחֲנֵ֤ה סִֽיסְרָא֙ לְפִי חֶ֔רֶב לֹ֥א נִשְׁאַ֖ר עַד אֶחָֽד
- 17Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.וְסִֽיסְרָא֙ נָ֣ס בְּרַגְלָ֔יו אֶל אֹ֣הֶל יָעֵ֔ל אֵ֖שֶּׁת חֶ֣בֶר הַקֵּינִ֑י כִּ֣י שָׁל֗וֹם בֵּ֚ין יָבִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ חָצ֔וֹר וּבֵ֕ין בֵּ֖ית חֶ֥בֶר הַקֵּינִֽי
- 18And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.וַתֵּצֵ֣א יָעֵל֮ לִקְרַ֣את סִֽיסְרָא֒ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו סוּרָ֧ה אֲדֹנִ֛י סוּרָ֥ה אֵלַ֖י אַל תִּירָ֑א וַיָּ֤סַר אֵלֶ֨יהָ֙ הָאֹ֔הֱלָה וַתְּכַסֵּ֖הוּ בַּשְּׂמִיכָֽה
- 19And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אֵלֶ֛יהָ הַשְׁקִינִי נָ֥א מְעַט מַ֖יִם כִּ֣י צָמֵ֑אתִי וַתִּפְתַּ֞ח אֶת נֹ֧אוד הֶחָלָ֛ב וַתַּשְׁקֵ֖הוּ וַתְּכַסֵּֽהוּ
- 20Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֶ֔יהָ עֲמֹ֖ד פֶּ֣תַח הָאֹ֑הֶל וְהָיָה֩ אִם אִ֨ישׁ יָב֜וֹא וּשְׁאֵלֵ֗ךְ וְאָמַ֛ר הֲיֵֽשׁ פֹּ֥ה אִ֖ישׁ וְאָמַ֥רְתְּ אָֽיִן
- 21Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.וַתִּקַּ֣ח יָעֵ֣ל אֵֽשֶׁת חֶ֠בֶר אֶת יְתַ֨ד הָאֹ֜הֶל וַתָּ֧שֶׂם אֶת הַמַּקֶּ֣בֶת בְּיָדָ֗הּ וַתָּב֤וֹא אֵלָיו֙ בַּלָּ֔אט וַתִּתְקַ֤ע אֶת הַיָּתֵד֙ בְּרַקָּת֔וֹ וַתִּצְנַ֖ח בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְהֽוּא נִרְדָּ֥ם וַיָּ֖עַף וַיָּמֹֽת
- 22And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.וְהִנֵּ֣ה בָרָק֮ רֹדֵ֣ף אֶת סִֽיסְרָא֒ וַתֵּצֵ֤א יָעֵל֙ לִקְרָאת֔וֹ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לֵ֣ךְ וְאַרְאֶ֔ךָּ אֶת הָאִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּ֣ה מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ וַיָּבֹ֣א אֵלֶ֔יהָ וְהִנֵּ֤ה סִֽיסְרָא֙ נֹפֵ֣ל מֵ֔ת וְהַיָּתֵ֖ד בְּרַקָּתֽוֹ
- 23So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.וַיַּכְנַ֤ע אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא אֵ֖ת יָבִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ כְּנָ֑עַן לִפְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
- 24And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.וַתֵּ֜לֶךְ יַ֤ד בְּנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ הָל֣וֹךְ וְקָשָׁ֔ה עַ֖ל יָבִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ כְּנָ֑עַן עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִכְרִ֔יתוּ אֵ֖ת יָבִ֥ין מֶֽלֶךְ כְּנָֽעַן
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Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the Nethinim
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Barak, an Israelite
to say (used with great latitude)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Jabin, the name of two Canaanitish kings
Hebrew verse gematria
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| Judges 4:1 | 2,476 | study verse |
| Judges 4:2 | 7,233 | study verse |
| Judges 4:3 | 6,267 | study verse |
| Judges 4:4 | 3,673 | study verse |
| Judges 4:5 | 6,444 | study verse |
| Judges 4:6 | 12,468 | study verse |
| Judges 4:7 | 7,141 | study verse |
| Judges 4:8 | 4,037 | study verse |
| Judges 4:9 | 11,803 | study verse |
| Judges 4:10 | 5,635 | study verse |
| Judges 4:11 | 7,020 | study verse |
| Judges 4:12 | 3,075 | study verse |
| Judges 4:13 | 7,728 | study verse |
| Judges 4:14 | 9,926 | study verse |
| Judges 4:15 | 4,770 | study verse |
| Judges 4:16 | 5,306 | study verse |
| Judges 4:17 | 6,750 | study verse |
| Judges 4:18 | 4,895 | study verse |
| Judges 4:19 | 4,884 | study verse |
| Judges 4:20 | 5,056 | study verse |
| Judges 4:21 | 11,545 | study verse |
| Judges 4:22 | 9,594 | study verse |
| Judges 4:23 | 4,743 | study verse |
| Judges 4:24 | 8,486 | study verse |
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