Focused Passage

Judges 4:11

Deborah, Barak, and Jael: The LORD Routes Canaan's Chariots

Judges 4 moves from Israel's renewed evil and twenty years of Canaanite oppression, through Deborah's prophetic command and Barak's qualified obedience, to the LORD's routing of Sisera's chariots and Jael's unexpected completion of the deliverance.

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11Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.

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Verse 11

Original words

Now Heberוְחֶ֤בֶרH2268Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularthe Keniteהַקֵּינִי֙H7017Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularhad moved awayנִפְרָ֣דH6504Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singularfrom the Kenitesמִקַּ֔יִןH7014Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singularthe descendantsמִבְּנֵ֥יH1121Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural constructof Hobabחֹבָ֖בH2246Noun - proper - masculine singularthe father-in-lawחֹתֵ֣ןH2859Noun - masculine singular constructof Mosesמֹשֶׁ֑הH4872Noun - proper - masculine singularand had pitchedוַיֵּ֣טH5186Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularhis tentאָהֳל֔וֹH168Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularbyעַד־H5704Prepositionthe great treeאֵל֥וֹןH436Noun - masculine singularof ZaanannimבַּצְעַנִּיםH6815Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singularwhichאֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativewas nearאֶת־H854PrepositionKedeshקֶֽדֶשׁ׃H6943Noun - proper - feminine singular

BSB notes

  • Or brother-in-law

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