Revised Version 1895

Judges 5:16-23

16Whyלָ֣מָּהLa.mahH4100satest thou among thesheepfoldsהַֽמִּשְׁפְּתַ֔יִםha.mish.pe.Ta.yimH4942, tohearלִשְׁמֹ֖עַlish.Mo.a'H8085the pipings for theflocksעֲדָרִ֑ים'a.da.RimH5739? At the watercourses ofReubenרְאוּבֵ֔ןre.'u.VenH7205there weregreatגְּדוֹלִ֖יםge.do.LimH1419searchingsחִקְרֵי־chik.rei-H2714ofheartלֵֽב׃LevH3820.

17Gileadגִּלְעָ֗דgil.'AdH1568abodeH3427beyondבְּעֵ֤בֶרbe.'E.verH5676Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּן֙hai.yar.DenH3383: andDanוְדָ֕ןve.DanH1835,whyלָ֥מָּהLa.mahH4100didH4100heremainיָשַׁב֙ya.ShavH3427inshipsאֳנִיּ֑וֹת'o.ni.YotH591?Asherאָשֵׁ֗ר'a.SherH836satH3427stillH3427at thehavenלְח֣וֹףle.ChofH2348of theseaיַמִּ֔יםya.MimH3220, andabodeH3427by his creeks.

18Zebulunזְבֻל֗וּןze.vu.LunH2074was apeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971that jeoparded theirlivesנַפְשׁ֛וֹnaf.ShoH5315unto thedeathלָמ֖וּתla.MutH4191, andNaphtaliוְנַפְתָּלִ֑יve.naf.ta.LiH5321,uponעַ֖ל'alH5921thehighH4791placesH4791of thefieldשָׂדֶֽה׃sa.DehH7704.

19Thekingsמְלָכִים֙me.la.KhimH4428cameבָּ֤אוּBa.'uH935andfoughtנִלְחָ֔מוּnil.Cha.muH3898; thenfoughtנִלְחֲמוּ֙nil.cha.MuH3898thekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428ofCanaanכְנַ֔עַןkhe.Na.'anH3667; inTaanachבְּתַעְנַ֖ךְbe.ta'.NakhH8590by thewatersמֵ֣יmeiH4325of Meggido: theytookלָקָֽחוּ׃la.Ka.chuH3947noלֹ֥אlo'H3808gainבֶּ֥צַעBe.tza'H1215ofmoneyכֶּ֖סֶףKe.sefH3701.

20Theyfoughtנִלְחָ֑מוּnil.Cha.muH3898fromheavenשָׁמַ֖יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064, thestarsהַכּֽוֹכָבִים֙ha.ko.kha.VimH3556in theircoursesמִמְּסִלּוֹתָ֔םmi.me.si.lo.TamH4546foughtנִלְחֲמ֖וּnil.cha.MuH3898againstעִם־'im-H5973Siseraסִיסְרָֽא׃si.se.Ra'H5516.

21Theriverנַ֤חַלNa.chalH5158Kishonקִישׁוֹן֙ki.shOnH7028sweptH1640themawayH1640, thatancientקְדוּמִ֖יםke.du.MimH6917riverנַ֥חַלNa.chalH5158, theriverנַ֣חַלNa.chalH5158Kishonקִישׁ֑וֹןki.ShonH7028. O mysoulנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315,marchתִּדְרְכִ֥יtid.re.KhiH1869on withstrengthעֹֽז׃'OzH5797.

22Then did the horsehoofs stamp by reason of the pransings, the pransings of theirstrongH47onesH47.

23CurseH779yeMerozמֵר֗וֹזme.RozH4789,saidאָמַר֙'a.MarH559theangelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,curseH779ye bitterly theinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָyo.she.Vei.haH3427thereof;becauseכִּ֤יkiH3588theycameH935notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808to thehelpלְעֶזְרַ֣תle.'ez.RatH5833of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, to thehelpלְעֶזְרַ֥תle.'ez.RatH5833of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068againstH935themightyבַּגִּבּוֹרִֽים׃ba.gi.bo.RimH1368.

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