Judges 4:21
Old Testament • 21 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חֶבֶר
Cheber
Cheber, the name of a Kenite and of three Israelites
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
אֹהֶל
ʼôhel
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
רַקָּה
raqqâh
properly, thinness, i.e. the side of the head
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
רָדַם
râdam
to stun, i.e. stupefy (with sleep or death)
לָאָה
lâʼâh
to tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Key Terms in This Verse
נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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