Judges 4:21
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Judges 4:21
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Again 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.
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Then 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.
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And, 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.
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Verse Text
Then JaelH3278 Heber'sH2268 wifeH802 tookH3947 a nailH3489 of the tentH168, and tookH7760 an hammerH4718 in her handH3027, and wentH935 softlyH3814 unto him, and smoteH8628 the nailH3489 into his templesH7541, and fastenedH6795 it into the groundH776: for he was fast asleepH7290 and wearyH5774. So he diedH4191.
וַתִּקַּח יָעֵל אֵשֶׁת־חֶבֶר אֶת־יְתַד הָאֹהֶל וַתָּשֶׂם אֶת־הַמַּקֶּבֶת בְּיָדָהּ וַתָּבֹוא אֵלָיו בַּלָּאט וַתִּתְקַע אֶת־הַיָּתֵד בְּרַקָּתֹו וַתִּצְנַח בָּאָרֶץ וְהוּא־נִרְדָּם וַיָּעַף וַיָּמֹת׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
וַ/תִּקַּ֣ח |
va./ti.Kach | H3947 | HC/Vqw3fs | and/ she took |
יָעֵ֣ל |
ya.'El | H3278 | HNp | Jael |
אֵֽשֶׁת |
'e.shet- | H802 | HNcfsc | (the) wife of |
חֶ֠בֶר |
Che.ver | H2268 | HNp | Heber |
אֶת |
'et- | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
יְתַ֨ד |
ye.Tad | H3489 | HNcfsc | (the) peg of |
הָ/אֹ֜הֶל |
ha./'O.hel | H168 | HTd/Ncmsa | the/ tent |
וַ/תָּ֧שֶׂם |
va./Ta.sem | H7760 | HC/Vqw3fs | and/ she put |
אֶת |
'et- | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
הַ/מַּקֶּ֣בֶת |
ha./ma.Ke.vet | H4718 | HTd/Ncfsa | the/ hammer |
בְּ/יָדָ֗/הּ |
be./ya.Da/h | H3027 | HR/Ncbsc/Sp3fs | in/ hand/ her |
וַ/תָּב֤וֹא |
va./ta.Vo' | H935 | HC/Vqw3fs | and/ she went |
אֵלָי/ו֙ |
'e.La/v | H413 | HR/Sp3ms | to/ him |
בַּ/לָּ֔אט |
ba./Lat | H3814 | HRd/Ncmsa | in (the)/ secrecy |
וַ/תִּתְקַ֤ע |
va./tit.Ka' | H8628 | HC/Vqw3fs | and/ she drove |
אֶת |
'et- | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
הַ/יָּתֵד֙ |
hai./ya.Ted | H3489 | HTd/Ncfsa | the/ peg |
בְּ/רַקָּת֔/וֹ |
be./ra.ka.T/o | H7541 | HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms | in/ temple/ his |
וַ/תִּצְנַ֖ח |
va./titz.Nach | H6795 | HC/Vqw3fs | and/ it went down |
בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ |
ba./'A.retz | H776 | HRd/Ncbsa | in the/ ground |
וְ/הֽוּא |
ve./hu'- | H1931 | HC/Pp3ms | and/ he |
נִרְדָּ֥ם |
nir.Dam | H7290 | HVNrmsa | (was) sleeping |
וַ/יָּ֖עַף |
va/i.Ya.'af | H5774 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he was weary |
וַ/יָּמֹֽת |
va/i.ya.Mot | H4191 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he died |
- H168 — אֹהֶל (ʼôhel, o'-hel): from אָהַל (ʼâhal) H166; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance); covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.
- H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
- H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ (ʼîysh) H376 or אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים (nâshîym);(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
- H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
- H2268 — חֶבֶר (Cheber, kheh'-ber): the same as חֶבֶר (cheber) H2267; community; Cheber, the name of a Kenite and of three Israelites; Heber.
- H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from כַּף (kaph) H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
- H3278 — יָעֵל (Yâʻêl, yaw-ale'): the same as יָעֵל (yâʻêl) H3277; Jael, a Canaanite; Jael.
- H3489 — יָתֵד (yâthêd, yaw-thade'): from an unused root meaning to pin through or fast; a peg; nail, paddle, pin, stake.
- H3814 — לָאט (lâʼṭ, lawt): from לָאַט (lâʼaṭ) H3813 (or perhaps for active participle of לוּט (lûwṭ) H3874); properly, muffled, i.e. silently; softly.
- H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
- H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
- H4718 — מַקֶּבֶת (maqqebeth, mak-keh'-beth): from נָקַב (nâqab) H5344; properly, a perforator, i.e. a hammer (as piercing); also (intransitively) a perforation, i.e. a quarry; hammer, hole.
- H5774 — עוּף (ʻûwph, oof): a primitive root; to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from עוֹף (ʻôwph) H5775); to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning); brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), [idiom] set, shine forth, weary.
- H6795 — צָנַח (tsânach, tsaw-nakh'): a primitive root; to alight; (transitive) to cause to descend, i.e. drive down; fasten, light (from off).
- H7290 — רָדַם (râdam, raw-dam'): a primitive root; to stun, i.e. stupefy (with sleep or death); (be fast a-, be in a deep, cast into a dead, that) sleep(-er, -eth).
- H7541 — רַקָּה (raqqâh, rak-kaw'): feminine of רַק (raq) H7534; properly, thinness, i.e. the side of the head; temple.
- H7760 — שׂוּם (sûwm, soom): or שִׂים (sîym); a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
- H8628 — תָּקַע (tâqaʻ, taw-kah'): a primitive root; to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping; blow (a trumpet), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, [idiom] suretiship, thrust.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל (ʼel) ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
- H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת (ʼôwth) H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
- H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא (hîyʼ); a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; 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; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
Verse Cross-References
- a nail — Exodus 35:18
- he died — Judges 5:27
- smote — Psalms 3:7
- took — Judges 3:21, Judges 3:31, Judges 5:26, Judges 15:15, 1 Samuel 17:43, 1 Samuel 17:49-50, 1 Corinthians 1:19, 1 Corinthians 1:27
Reciprocal references (3): Judges 7:13, 2 Samuel 18:14, Psalms 107:40
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