Judges 5:16
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
גְּדֵרָה
gᵉdêrâh
enclosure (especially for flocks)
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
שְׁרוּקָה
shᵉrûwqâh
a whistling (in scorn); by analogy, a piping
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
מַחֲלֹקֶת
machălôqeth
a section (of Levites, people or soldiers)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
חֵקֶר
chêqer
examination, enumeration, deliberation
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
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