Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleBut 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. Young's Literal Translation And Jael wife of Heber taketh the pin of the tent, and taketh the hammer in her hand, and goeth unto him gently, and striketh the pin into his temples, and it fasteneth in the earth—and he hath been fast asleep, and is weary—and he dieth. King James Bible Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. Hebrew But as heוְהֽוּא־ (wə·hū-) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are lay sleeping נִרְדָּ֥ם (nir·dām) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7290: To be in or fall into heavy sleep from exhaustion, וַיָּ֖עַף (way·yā·‘ap̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5774: To fly, to faint Heber’s חֶ֠בֶר (ḥe·ḇer) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2268: Heber -- a Kenite, also several Israelites wife אֵֽשֶׁת־ (’ê·šeṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female Jael יָעֵ֣ל (yā·‘êl) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3278: Jael -- a Canaanite woman took וַתִּקַּ֣ח (wat·tiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3947: To take a tent הָאֹ֜הֶל (hā·’ō·hel) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 168: A tent peg, יְתַ֨ד (yə·ṯaḏ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3489: A peg, pin grabbed וַתָּ֧שֶׂם (wat·tā·śem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set a hammer, הַמַּקֶּ֣בֶת (ham·maq·qe·ḇeṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4718: A perforator, a hammer, a perforation, a quarry and went וַתָּב֤וֹא (wat·tā·ḇō·w) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go silently בַּלָּ֔אט (bal·lāṭ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3909: Covered, secret, incantation, secrecy, covertly to Sisera. אֵלָיו֙ (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to She drove וַתִּתְקַ֤ע (wat·tiṯ·qa‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 8628: To clatter, slap, clang, to drive, to become bondsman the peg הַיָּתֵד֙ (hay·yā·ṯêḏ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3489: A peg, pin through his temple בְּרַקָּת֔וֹ (bə·raq·qā·ṯōw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7541: Thinness, the side of the head [and] וַתִּצְנַ֖ח (wat·tiṣ·naḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 6795: To alight, to cause to descend, drive down into the ground, בָּאָ֑רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and he died. וַיָּמֹֽת׃ (way·yā·mōṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4191: To die, to kill |
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