Judges 4:21
But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
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ASV
Then Jael Heber’s wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
KJV
Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
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Commentary
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַתִּקַּ֣ח | va.ti.Kach | and she took | H3947 → |
| יָעֵ֣ל | ya.'El | Jael | H3278 → |
| אֵֽשֶׁת־ | 'e.shet- | [the] wife of | H802 → |
| חֶ֠בֶר | Che.ver | Heber | H2268 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| יְתַ֨ד | ye.Tad | [the] peg of | H3489 → |
| הָאֹ֜הֶל | ha.'O.hel | the tent | H168 → |
| וַתָּ֧שֶׂם | va.Ta.sem | and she put | H7760 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַמַּקֶּ֣בֶת | ha.ma.Ke.vet | the hammer | H4718 → |
| בְּיָדָ֗הּ | be.ya.Dah | in hand her | H3027 → |
| וַתָּב֤וֹא | va.ta.Vo' | and she went | H935 → |
| אֵלָיו֙ | 'e.Lav | to him | H413 → |
| בַּלָּ֔אט | ba.Lat | in <the> secrecy | H3814 → |
| וַתִּתְקַ֤ע | va.tit.Ka' | and she drove | H8628 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַיָּתֵד֙ | hai.ya.Ted | the peg | H3489 → |
| בְּרַקָּת֔וֹ | be.ra.ka.To | in temple his | H7541 → |
| וַתִּצְנַ֖ח | va.titz.Nach | and it went down | H6795 → |
| בָּאָ֑רֶץ | ba.'A.retz | in the ground | H776 → |
| וְהֽוּא־ | ve.hu'- | and he | H1931 → |
| נִרְדָּ֥ם | nir.Dam | [was] sleeping | H7290 → |
| וַיָּ֖עַף | vai.Ya.'af | and he was weary | H5888 → |
| וַיָּמֹֽת׃ | vai.ya.Mot | and he died | H4191 → |
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