Judges 4:3
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.”
בַּרְזֶל
Iron. Barzel. Iron sharpens iron. Difficult relationships and challenging conversations make us sharper. God uses friction to refine us.
בֵּן
the people of
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel. To struggle with God and prevail. The name given to Jacob. God's chosen people. Those who wrestle honestly with God.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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רֶכֶב
chariots of
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רֶכֶב
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
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לָחַץ
he oppressed
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לָחַץ
properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress
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מֵאָה
hundreds
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מֵאָה
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
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שָׁנֶה
years
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שָׁנֶה
a year (as a revolution of time)
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עֶשְׂרִים
twenty
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עֶשְׂרִים
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
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תֵּשַׁע
nine
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תֵּשַׁע
nine or (ordinal) ninth
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