Judges 5:20 Go deeper

They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. (KJV)

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מִן\־min-from

Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: from

Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Judges 5:20 word 1

שָׁמַ֖יִםsha.Ma.yimheaven

Lemma: שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) · Strong's: H8064

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: heaven

Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8064; TAHOT Judges 5:20 word 2

נִלְחָ֑מוּnil.Cha.muthey fought

Lemma: לָחַם (la.cham) · Strong's: H3898A

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)

Meaning: to fight

Used 171 times. Also: Exodus 1:10, Exodus 14:14, Exodus 14:25, Exodus 17:8, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3898A; TAHOT Judges 5:20 word 3

הַכּֽוֹכָבִים֙ha.ko.kha.Vimthe stars

Lemma: כּוֹכָב (ko.khav) · Strong's: H3556

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: star

Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 37:9, Exodus 32:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3556; TAHOT Judges 5:20 word 4

מִמְּסִלּוֹתָ֔םmi.me.si.lo.Tamfrom highways their

Lemma: מְסִלָּה (me.sil.lah) · Strong's: H4546

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: highway

Used 27 times. Also: Numbers 20:19, Judges 20:31, Judges 20:32, Judges 20:45, Judges 21:19, 1 Samuel 6:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4546; TAHOT Judges 5:20 word 5

נִלְחֲמ֖וּnil.cha.Muthey fought

Lemma: לָחַם (la.cham) · Strong's: H3898A

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)

Meaning: to fight

Used 171 times. Also: Exodus 1:10, Exodus 14:14, Exodus 14:25, Exodus 17:8, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3898A; TAHOT Judges 5:20 word 6

עִם\־'im-with

Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: with

Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Judges 5:20 word 7

סִיסְרָֽא\׃si.se.Ra'Sisera

Lemma: סִיסְרָא (sis.ra) · Strong's: H5516G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Sisera

Used 19 times. Also: Judges 4:2, Judges 4:7, Judges 4:9, Judges 4:12, Judges 4:13, Judges 4:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5516G; TAHOT Judges 5:20 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

From	→	מִן־ H4480A from
the heavens	→	שָׁמַיִם H8064 heaven
the stars	→	כּוֹכָב H3556 star
fought	→	לָחַם H3898A to fight
from their courses	→	מְסִלָּה H4546 highway
they fought	→	לָחַם H3898A to fight
against	→	עִם H5973A with
Sisera	→	סִיסְרָא H5516G Sisera

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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