Judges 5:14
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.”
יָרַד
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
חָקַק
commanders
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חָקַק
To engrave, to inscribe, to cut in. Chaqaq. I have engraved you on the palms of My hands. Not written in pencil. Engraved. Permanent. You cannot be erased.
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מָשַׁךְ
those who march
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מָשַׁךְ
to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
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סָפַר
a muster-officer
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סָפַר
To recount, to declare, to tell. Saphar. The heavens declare the glory of God. Everything in creation is telling the story of its Creator.
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שֶׁרֶשׁ
root/ their
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שֶׁרֶשׁ
Root, bottom, foundation. Shoresh. He grew up like a root out of dry ground. God grows His greatest works in the hardest soil.
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בִּנְיָמִין
Benjamin
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בִּנְיָמִין
Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
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מִן
some of
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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מָכִיר
Makir
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מָכִיר
Makir, an Israelite
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