The Meaning of Judges 4:12 Explained

Judges 4:12

KJV: And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.

YLT: And they declare to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam hath gone up to mount Tabor,

Darby: When Sis'era was told that Barak the son of Abin'o-am had gone up to Mount Tabor,

ASV: And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they shewed  Sisera  that Barak  the son  of Abinoam  was gone up  to mount  Tabor. 

What does Judges 4:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Judges 4

1  Deborah and Barak deliver them from Jabin and Sisera
17  Jael kills Sisera

What do the individual words in Judges 4:12 mean?

And they reported to Sisera that had gone up Barak son of Abinoam to Mount Tabor -
וַיַּגִּ֖דוּ לְסִֽיסְרָ֑א כִּ֥י עָלָ֛ה בָּרָ֥ק בֶּן־ אֲבִינֹ֖עַם הַר־ תָּבֽוֹר ס

וַיַּגִּ֖דוּ  And  they  reported 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָגַד  
Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.
לְסִֽיסְרָ֑א  to  Sisera 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: סִיסְרָא  
Sense: the conquering general under king Jabin of Hazor and slain by Jael.
כִּ֥י  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
עָלָ֛ה  had  gone  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
בָּרָ֥ק  Barak 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּרָק  
Sense: son of Abinoam of Kedesh who, incited by Deborah, a prophetess of Ephraim, delivered the Israelites from the yoke of Jabin by routing the Canaanites in the plain of Jezreel.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אֲבִינֹ֖עַם  of  Abinoam 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲבִינׄעַם  
Sense: father of Barak, descendant of Naphtali.
הַר־  to  Mount 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
תָּבֽוֹר  Tabor 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: תָּבֹור  
Sense: a mountain in the plain of Esdraelon rising abruptly and insulated except for a narrow ridge on the west connecting it to the hills of Nazareth.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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