Psalm 83

Psalms · Chapter 83

Psalms 83:9

King James Version (1769)

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VerseKJVBSBASV
9Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
doעֲשֵֽׂה־'a-seh-H6213A
to make: do

עָשָׂה (a.sah) : do/perform 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made

like Midianכְּמִדְיָ֑ןke-mid-YANH4080H
Midian

מִדְיָן (mid.yan) § Midian or Midianite = "strife" the tribe descended from Midian inhabitant of the territory of the tribe descended from Midian; located principally in the desert north of the Arabian peninsula; land to which Moses went when he fled from Pharaoh

like Siseraכְּֽסִֽיסְרָ֥אke-si-se-RA'H5516G
Sisera

סִיסְרָא (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

like Jabinכְ֝יָבִ֗יןkhe-ya-VINH2985H
Jabin

יָבִין (ya.vin) A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.2 § Jabin = "whom God observes" 1) a king of Hazor who organised a confederacy of the northern princes against Joshua; confederacy routed by the waters of Merom 2) another king of Hazor whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Barak

at [the] wadi ofבְּנַ֣חַלbe-NA-chalH5158A
torrent: river

נַ֫חַל (na.chal) : river/bed 1) torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley 1a) torrent 1b) torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed) 1c) shaft (of mine) Also means: na.chal (נַ֫חַל ": valley" H5158N)

Kishonקִישֽׁוֹן׃ki-SHONH7028
Kishon

קִישׁוֹן (qi.shon) § Kishon = "winding" a river in central Palestine; scene of the defeat of Sisera by the Israelites in the time of the judges and the destruction of the prophets of Baal by Elijah

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.