Exodus 15:20

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And

מִרְיָם

Miryâm

H4813

Mirjam, the name of two Israelitesses

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the

נְבִיאָה

nᵉbîyʼâh

H5031

a prophetess or (generally) inspired woman; by implication, a poetess; by association a prophet's wife

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the

אָחוֹת

ʼâchôwth

H269

a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)

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of

אַהֲרוֹן

ʼAhărôwn

H175

Aharon, the brother of Moses

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לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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a

תֹּף

tôph

H8596

a tambourine

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in her

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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and all the

אִשָּׁה

ʼishshâh

H802

a woman

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יָלַךְ

yâlak

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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out

אַחַר

ʼachar

H310

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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her with

תֹּף

tôph

H8596

a tambourine

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and with

מָחוֹל

mâchôwl

H4234

a (round) dance

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Key Terms in This Verse

timbrel H8596

תֹּף tôph

a tambourine

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timbrels H8596

תֹּף tôph

a tambourine

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dances H4234

מָחוֹל mâchôwl

a (round) dance

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prophetess H5031

נְבִיאָה nᵉbîyʼâh

a prophetess or (generally) inspired woman; by implication, a poetess; by association a prophet's wife

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Miriam H4813

מִרְיָם Miryâm

Mirjam, the name of two Israelitesses

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sister H269

אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth

a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)

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women H802

אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh

a woman

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Aaron H175

אַהֲרוֹן ʼAhărôwn

Aharon, the brother of Moses

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took H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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after H310

אַחַר ʼachar

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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Cross References

Psalm 150:4 cross-reference

Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

1 Samuel 18:6 cross-reference

And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, w...

Psalm 149:3 cross-reference

Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

Judges 11:34 cross-reference

And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

Psalm 68:25 cross-reference

The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

Judges 4:4 cross-reference

And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

Numbers 26:59 cross-reference

And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

Micah 6:4 cross-reference

For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

Exodus 2:4 cross-reference

And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

Luke 2:36 cross-reference

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

Psalm 81:2 cross-reference

Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

2 Kings 22:14 cross-reference

So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwe...

Judges 21:21 cross-reference

And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benj...

Psalm 68:11 cross-reference

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

Numbers 20:1 cross-reference

Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

Psalm 30:11 cross-reference

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Acts 21:9 cross-reference

And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

2 Samuel 6:14 cross-reference

And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 10:5 cross-reference

After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets c...

2 Samuel 6:5 cross-reference

And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

2 Samuel 6:16 cross-reference

And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

1 Corinthians 11:5 cross-reference

But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

1 Corinthians 14:34 cross-reference

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

Numbers 12:1 cross-reference

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

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