Judges

Judges 4:21

²¹But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But as he	וְהֽוּא־	wə·hū-	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
lay sleeping	נִרְדָּ֥ם	nir·dām	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H7290 be in, or fall into, heavy sleep
from exhaustion	וַיָּ֖עַף	way·yā·‘ap̄	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5888 be faint
Heber’s	חֶ֠בֶר	ḥe·ḇer	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2268 Cheber
wife	אֵֽשֶׁת־	’ê·šeṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H802 woman, wife, female
Jael	יָעֵ֣ל	yā·‘êl	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3278 Jael
took	וַתִּקַּ֣ח	wat·tiq·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3947 take
a tent	הָאֹ֜הֶל	hā·’ō·hel	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H168 tent
peg	יְתַ֨ד	yə·ṯaḏ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H3489 peg, pin
grabbed	וַתָּ֧שֶׂם	wat·tā·śem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7760 put, place, set
a hammer	הַמַּקֶּ֣בֶת	ham·maq·qe·ḇeṯ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4718 hammer
and went	וַתָּב֤וֹא	wat·tā·ḇō·w	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
silently	בַּלָּ֔אט	bal·lāṭ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3814 muffled, silently
to Sisera	אֵלָיו֙	’ê·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H413 motion to
She drove	וַתִּתְקַ֤ע	wat·tiṯ·qa‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H8628 thrust, clap, give a blow, blast
the peg	הַיָּתֵד֙	hay·yā·ṯêḏ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H3489 peg, pin
through his temple	בְּרַקָּת֔וֹ	bə·raq·qā·ṯōw	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7541 the temple
into the ground	בָּאָ֑רֶץ	bā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and he died	וַיָּמֹֽת׃	way·yā·mōṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4191 die

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Judges 5:26–27 · 1 Corinthians 1:27 · Psalm 3:7 · Judges 3:21

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.