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Judges 5:20-31

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.

24Blessedתְּבֹרַךְ֙te.vo.raKhH1288abovewomenמִנָּשִׁ֔יםmi.na.ShimH802shallJaelיָעֵ֕לya.'ElH3278be, thewifeאֵ֖שֶׁת'E.shetH802ofHeberחֶ֣בֶרChe.verH2268theKeniteהַקֵּינִ֑יha.kei.NiH7017,blessedתְּבֹרָֽךְ׃te.vo.RakhH1288shall she be abovewomenמִנָּשִׁ֥יםmi.na.ShimH802in thetentבָּאֹ֖הֶלba.'O.helH168.

25Heaskedשָׁאַ֖לsha.'AlH7592waterמַ֥יִםMa.yimH4325, andsheH5602gaveנָתָ֑נָהna.Ta.nahH5414himmilkחָלָ֣בcha.LavH2461;sheH5602broughtהִקְרִ֥יבָהhik.Ri.vahH7126himbutterחֶמְאָֽה׃chem.'AhH2529in a lordly dish.

26SheputH7971herH7971handיָדָהּ֙ya.DahH3027to the nail, andherH7971rightוִֽימִינָ֖הּvi.mi.NahH3225handH3027to the workmen’shammerH1989; and with thehammerH1989she smoteSiseraסִֽיסְרָא֙si.se.Ra'H5516, she smotethroughH3027hisheadרֹאשׁ֔וֹro.ShoH7218, yea, shepiercedוְחָלְפָ֖הve.chal.FahH2498andstruckוּמָחֲצָ֥הu.ma.cha.TzahH4272throughH3027histemplesרַקָּתֽוֹ׃ra.ka.ToH7541.

27Atherבֵּ֣יןbeinH996feetרַגְלֶ֔יהָrag.Lei.haH7272hebowedכָּרַ֥עka.Ra'H3766, hefellנָפַ֖לna.FalH5307, helayH7901: atherבֵּ֤יןbeinH996feetרַגְלֶ֙יהָ֙rag.Lei.haH7272hebowedכָּרַ֣עka.Ra'H3766, hefellנָפָ֔לna.FalH5307:whereבַּאֲשֶׁ֣רba.'a.SherH834hebowedכָּרַ֔עka.Ra'H3766, there hefellנָפַ֥לna.FalH5307downשָׁכָ֑בsha.KhavH7901deadשָׁדֽוּד׃sha.DudH7703.

28Throughבְּעַד֩be.'AdH1157thewindowהַחַלּ֨וֹןha.cha.LonH2474sheH517lookedנִשְׁקְפָ֧הnish.ke.FahH8259forth, andcriedH2980, themotherאֵ֥ם'emH517ofSiseraסִֽיסְרָ֖אsis.Ra'H5516criedH2980throughבְּעַ֣דbe.'AdH1157thelatticeהָֽאֶשְׁנָ֑בha.'esh.NavH822,Whyמַדּ֗וּעַma.Du.a'H4069is hischariotמַרְכְּבוֹתָֽיו׃mar.ke.vo.TavH4818soH935longH309incomingלָב֔וֹאla.Vo'H935?whyמַדּ֣וּעַma.Du.a'H4069tarryH309the wheels of hischariotsרִכְבּוֹ֙rikh.BoH7393?

29HerH7725wiseחַכְמ֥וֹתchakh.MotH2450ladiesשָׂרוֹתֶ֖יהָsa.ro.Tei.haH8282answeredH559herH7725, yea,sheH1931returnedH7725answerתַּעֲנֶ֑ינָּהta.'a.Nei.nahH6030toherselfH1931,

30Have theynotH3808foundיִמְצְא֜וּyim.tze.'UH4672, have theynotH3808dividedיְחַלְּק֣וּye.cha.le.KuH2505thespoilשָׁלָ֗לsha.LalH7998? a damsel,twoH3808damsels toeveryלְרֹ֣אשׁle.RoshH7218manגֶּ֔בֶרGe.verH1397; toSiseraלְסִ֣יסְרָ֔אle.Si.se.Ra'H5516aspoilשְׁלַ֤לshe.LalH7998of divers colours, aspoilשְׁלַ֥לshe.LalH7998of divers colours ofembroideryרִקְמָ֑הrik.MahH7553, of divers colours ofembroideryרִקְמָתַ֖יִםrik.ma.Ta.yimH7553on both sides, on thenecksלְצַוְּארֵ֥יle.tza.ve.ReiH6677of thespoilשָׁלָֽל׃sha.LalH7998?

31Soכֵּ֠ןkenH3651letH3651allכָל־khol-H3605thineenemiesאוֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙'oy.Vei.khaH341perishיֹאבְד֤וּyoe.DuH6, OLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068: butletH3651them thatloveוְאֹ֣הֲבָ֔יוve.'O.ha.VavH157him be as thesunהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121when he goethforthכְּצֵ֥אתke.TzetH3318in his might. And thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776hadrestוַתִּשְׁקֹ֥טva.tish.KotH8252fortyאַרְבָּעִ֥ים'ar.ba.'ImH705yearsשָׁנָֽה׃ פsha.NahH8141.

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