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Judges 4:1-9

1AndthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478againdidthatwhichwasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah,whenEhudוְאֵה֖וּדve.'e.HudH164wasdeadH4191.

2AndJehovahsoldH4376themintothehandבְּיַד֙be.YadH3027ofJabinיָבִ֣יןya.VinH2985kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofCanaanכְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anH3667,thatreignedמָלַ֖ךְma.LakhH4427inHazorבְּחָצ֑וֹרbe.cha.TzorH2674;thecaptainofwhosehostH6635wasSiseraסִֽיסְרָ֔אsis.Ra'H5516,whodweltיוֹשֵׁ֖בyo.ShevH3427inHaroshethoftheGentiles.

3AndthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478criedH6817untoJehovah:forhehadnineתְּשַׁ֨עte.Sha'H8672hundredH3967chariotsרֶֽכֶב־re.khev-H7393ofironבַּרְזֶל֙bar.ZelH1270;andtwentyעֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.RimH6242yearsשָׁנָֽה׃ סsha.NahH8141hemightilyoppressedH3905thechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478.

4NowDeborahוּדְבוֹרָה֙u.de.vo.RahH1683,aprophetessנְבִיאָ֔הne.vi.'AhH5031,thewifeH802ofLappidoth,shejudgedH8199Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478atthattimeבָּעֵ֥תba.'EtH6256.

5Andshedweltיוֹשֶׁ֨בֶתyo.She.vetH3427underthepalm-treeofDeborahדְּבוֹרָ֗הde.vo.RahH1683betweenRamahהָרָמָ֛הha.ra.MahH7414andBeth-elinthehill-countryofEphraimאֶפְרָ֑יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669:andthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478cameH5927uptoherforjudgmentלַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃la.mish.PatH4941.

6AndshesentH7971andcalledH7121Barakלְבָרָ֣קle.va.RakH1301thesonH1121ofAbinoamאֲבִינֹ֔עַם'a.vi.No.'amH42outofKedesh-naphtali,andsaidH559untohim, HathnotJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-H430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478,commandedצִוָּ֣ה׀tzi.VahH6680,sayingH559,GoH7971anddrawH4900untomountTaborתָּב֔וֹרta.VorH8396,andtakeוְלָקַחְתָּ֣ve.la.kach.TaH3947withtheetenעֲשֶׂ֤רֶת'a.Se.retH6235thousandאֲלָפִים֙'a.la.FimH505menאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376ofthechildrenofNaphtaliH5321andofthechildrenofZebulunזְבֻלֽוּן׃ze.vu.LunH2074?

7AndIwilldrawוּמָשַׁכְתִּ֨יu.ma.shakh.TiH4900unto thee,totheriverH5158Kishonקִישׁ֗וֹןki.ShonH7028,Siseraסִֽיסְרָא֙si.se.Ra'H5516,thecaptainofJabin’sarmyצְבָ֣אtze.Va'H6635,withhischariotsH7393andhismultitudeהֲמוֹנ֑וֹha.mo.NoH1995;andIwilldeliverhimintothyhandבְּיָדֶֽךָ׃be.ya.De.khaH3027.

8AndBarakבָּרָ֔קba.RakH1301saidH559untoher,Ifthou wiltgoתֵּלְכִ֥יte.le.KhiH1980withme,thenIwillgoוְהָלָ֑כְתִּיve.ha.La.khe.tiH1980;butifthou wiltnotgoתֵלְכִ֛יte.le.KhiH1980withme,Iwillnotgoאֵלֵֽךְ׃'e.LekhH1980.

9AndshesaidH559,IwillsurelygoH1980withthee: notwithstanding,thejourneyH1870thatthou takestshallnotbeתִֽהְיֶ֜הtih.YehH1961forthinehonorתִּֽפְאַרְתְּךָ֗tif.'ar.te.KhaH8597;forJehovahwillsellיִמְכֹּ֥רyim.KorH4376Siseraסִֽיסְרָ֑אsis.Ra'H5516intothehandבְֽיַד־ve.yad-H3027ofawomanאִשָּׁ֔ה'i.ShahH802.AndDeborahדְּבוֹרָ֛הde.vo.RahH1683aroseH6965,andwentH1980withBarakבָּרָ֖קba.RakH1301toKedeshקֶֽדְשָׁה׃Ked.shahH6943.

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