Judges 5:26
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. | She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple. | She put her hand to the tent-pin, And her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; And with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote through his head; Yea, she pierced and struck through his temples. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hand her | יָדָהּ֙ | ya-DAH | H3027G | handיָד (yad) : hand/arm[anatomy] 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists |
| to the peg | לַיָּתֵ֣ד | lai-ya-TED | H3489 | pegיָתֵד (ya.ted) 1) pin, stake, peg, nail 1a) pin, peg, tent pin, tent stake 1b) nail, pin (fig.) 1c) pin (used in weaving) |
| they stretched out | תִּשְׁלַ֔חְנָה | tish-LACH-nah | H7971K | to send: departשָׁלַח (sha.lach) : depart/send 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send |
| and right [hand] her | וִֽימִינָ֖הּ | vi-mi-NAH | H3225G | rightיָמִין (ya.min) 1) right, right hand, right side 1a) right hand 1b) right (of direction) 1c) south (the direction of the right hand when facing East) Also means: ya.min (יָמִין ": south" H3225H) |
| to a hammer of | לְהַלְמ֣וּת | le-hal-MUT | H1989 | hammerהַלְמוּת (hal.mut) hammer, mallet |
| workmen | עֲמֵלִ֑ים | 'a-me-LIM | H6001A | labour(er)עָמֵל (a.mel) 1) labourer, sufferer, wretched one 1a) labourer, workman 1b) sufferer |
| and she struck | וְהָלְמָ֤ה | ve-hal-MAH | H1986 | to smiteהָלַם (ha.lam) (Qal) to smite, strike, hammer, strike down |
| Sisera | סִֽיסְרָא֙ | si-se-RA' | H5516G | Siseraסִיסְרָא (sis.ra) A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.2 § Sisera = "battle array" 1) the conquering general under king Jabin of Hazor and slain by Jael 2) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel |
| she shattered | מָחֲקָ֣ה | ma-cha-KAH | H4277 | to destroyמָחַק (ma.chaq) (Qal) to utterly destroy, annihilate |
| head his | רֹאשׁ֔וֹ | ro-SHO | H7218A | headרֵאשׁ (resh) 1) chief, head 1a) head (of man) 1b) head (as seat of visions) 1c) chief 1d) sum (essential content) |
| and she smashed | וּמָחֲצָ֥ה | u-ma-cha-TZAH | H4272 | to woundמָחַץ (ma.chats) 1) to smite through, shatter, wound severely 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shatter 1a2) shattering (participle) |
| and she pierced | וְחָלְפָ֖ה | ve-chal-FAH | H2498 | to passחָלַף (cha.laph) 1) to pass on or away, pass through, pass by, go through, grow up, change, to go on from 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pass on quickly 1a2) to pass away (vanish) 1a3) to come on anew, sprout again (of grass) 1a4) to pass through 1a5) to overstep, transgress 1b) (Piel) to cause to pass, change 1c) (Hiph) 1c1) to change, substitute, alter, change for better, renew 1c2) to show newness (of tree) Aramaic equivalent: cha.laph (חֲלַף "to pass" H2499) |
| temple his | רַקָּתֽוֹ׃ | ra-ka-TO | H7541 | templeרַקָּה (raq.qah) temple, the temple (of the head) |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.