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Judges 5:28

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← Judges 5:27	Judges 5:28 (KJV)	Judges 5:29 →
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.	The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot [so] long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?	Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The mother^H517 of Sisera^H5516 looked^H8259 out at a window^H2474, and cried^H2980 through the lattice^H822, Why is his chariot^H7393 so long^H954 in coming^H935? why tarry^H309 the wheels^H6471 of his chariots^H4818?

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Original Hebrew

בְּעַד הַחַלֹּון נִשְׁקְפָה וַתְּיַבֵּב אֵם סִיסְרָא בְּעַד הָאֶשְׁנָב מַדּוּעַ בֹּשֵׁשׁ רִכְבֹּו לָבֹוא מַדּוּעַ אֶחֱרוּ פַּעֲמֵי מַרְכְּבֹותָיו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בְּעַד֩	be.'Ad	H1157	HR	through
הַ/חַלּ֨וֹן	ha./cha.Lon	H2474	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ window
נִשְׁקְפָ֧ה	nish.ke.Fah	H8259	HVNp3fs	she looked down
וַ/תְּיַבֵּ֛ב	va./te.ya.Bev	H2980	HC/Vpw3fs	and/ she lamented
אֵ֥ם	'em	H517	HNcfsc	(the) mother of
סִֽיסְרָ֖א	sis.Ra'	H5516	HNp	Sisera
בְּעַ֣ד	be.'Ad	H1157	HR	through
הָֽ/אֶשְׁנָ֑ב	ha./'esh.Nav	H822	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ widow-lattice
מַדּ֗וּעַ	ma.Du.a'	H4069	HTi	why?
בֹּשֵׁ֤שׁ	bo.Shesh	H954	HVop3ms	has it delayed
רִכְבּ/וֹ֙	rikh.B/o	H7393	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	chariot/ his
לָ/ב֔וֹא	la./Vo'	H935	HR/Vqc	to/ come
מַדּ֣וּעַ	ma.Du.a'	H4069	HTi	why?
אֶֽחֱר֔וּ	'e.che.Ru	H309	HVpp3cp	have they delayed
פַּעֲמֵ֖י	pa.'a.Mei	H6471	HNcfpc	(the) hoof-beats of
מַרְכְּבוֹתָֽי/ו	mar.ke.vo.Ta/v	H4818	HNcfpc/Sp3ms	chariots/ his

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H309 — אָחַר (ʼâchar, aw-khar'): a primitive root; to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate; continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).
• H517 — אֵם (ʼêm, ame): a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father)); dam, mother, [idiom] parting.
• H822 — אֶשְׁנָב (ʼeshnâb, esh-nawb'): apparently from an unused root (probably meaning to leave interstices); a latticed window; casement, lattice.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H954 — בּוּשׁ (bûwsh, boosh): a primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed; (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
• H2474 — חַלּוֹן (challôwn, khal-lone'): a window (as perforated); window.
• H2980 — יָבַב (yâbab, yaw-bab): a primitive root; to bawl; cry out.
• H4818 — מֶרְכָּבָה (merkâbâh, mer-kaw-baw'): feminine of מֶרְכָּב; a chariot; chariot. See also בֵּית הַמַּרְכָּבוֹת.
• H5516 — סִיסְרָא (Çîyçᵉrâʼ, see-ser-aw'): of uncertain derivation; Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the Nethinim; Sisera.
• H6471 — פַּעַם (paʻam, pah'-am): or (feminine) פַּעֲמָה; from פָּעַם; a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow); anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-) fold, [idiom] now, (this) [phrase] once, order, rank, step, [phrase] thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.
• H7393 — רֶכֶב (rekeb, reh'-keb): from רָכַב; a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone; chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.
• H8259 — שָׁקַף (shâqaph, shaw-kaf'): a primitive root; properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e. (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle); appear, look (down, forth, out).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1157 — בְּעַד (bᵉʻad, beh-ad'): from עַד with prepositional prefix; in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.; about, at by (means of), for, over, through, up (-on), within.
• H4069 — מַדּוּעַ (maddûwaʻ, mad-doo'-ah): or מַדֻּעַ; from מָה and the passive participle of יָדַע; what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?; how, wherefore, why.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• through — 2 Kings 1:2
• Why is — Judges 4:15, James 5:7

Reciprocal references (1): Genesis 26:8

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: DEBORAH, WINDOWS
• Nave’s: COUNTRY, HOUSE, PATRIOTISM, SISERA

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