Judges 5:26
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"She reachedתִּשְׁלַ֔חְנָה
(tish·lach·nah,)
7971: to senda prim. root
out her handיָדָהּ֙
(ya·dah)
3027: handa prim. root
for the tent peg,לַיָּתֵ֣ד
(lai·ya·ted)
3489: a peg, pinfrom an unused word
And her right handוִֽימִינָ֖הּ
(vi·mi·nah)
3225: right handfrom an unused word
for the workmen'sעֲמֵלִ֑ים
(a·me·lim;)
6001a: a laborer, suffererfrom amal
hammer.לְהַלְמ֣וּת
(le·hal·mut)
1989: a hammer, malletfrom halam
Then she struckוְהָלְמָ֤ה
(ve·ha·le·mah)
1986: to smite, hammer, strike downa prim. root
Sisera,סִֽיסְרָא֙
(si·se·ra)
5516: a general of the king of Hazor, also the father of some returning exilesof uncertain derivation
she smashedמָחֲקָ֣ה
(ma·cha·kah)
4277: to utterly destroy, annihilatea prim. root
his head;רֹאשֹׁ֔ו
(ro·shov,)
7218: heada prim. root
And she shatteredוּמָחֲצָ֥ה
(u·ma·cha·tzah)
4272: to smite through, wound severely, shattera prim. root
and piercedוְחָלְפָ֖ה
(ve·cha·le·fah)
2498: to pass on or away, pass througha prim. root
his temple.רַקָּתֹֽו׃
(rak·ka·tov.)
7541: the temple (part of the head)from the same as raq


















KJV Lexicon
She put
shalach  (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
her hand
yad  (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
to the nail
yathed  (yaw-thade')
a peg -- nail, paddle, pin, stake.
and her right hand
yamiyn  (yaw-meen')
the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south -- + left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
to the workmen's
`amel  (aw-male')
toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful -- that laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman.
hammer
halmuwth  (hal-mooth')
a hammer (or mallet) -- hammer.
and with the hammer she smote
halam  (haw-lam')
to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband -- beat (down), break (down), overcome, smite (with the hammer).
Sisera
Ciycra'  ()
Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the Nethinim -- Sisera.
she smote off
machaq  (maw-khak')
to crush -- smite off.
his head
ro'sh  (roshe)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
when she had pierced
machats  (maw-khats')
to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy -- dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.
and stricken through
chalaph  (khaw-laf')
to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
his temples
raqqah  (rak-kaw')
thinness, i.e. the side of the head -- temple.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"She reached out her hand for the tent peg, And her right hand for the workmen's hammer. Then she struck Sisera, she smashed his head; And she shattered and pierced his temple.

King James Bible
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She reached for a tent peg, her right hand, for a workman's mallet. Then she hammered Sisera-- she crushed his head; she shattered and pierced his temple.

International Standard Version
She reached out one hand for the tent peg, and her other for the workman's mallet. Then she struck Sisera, smashing his head, shattering and piercing his temple.

NET Bible
Her left hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workmen's hammer. She "hammered" Sisera, she shattered his skull, she smashed his head, she drove the tent peg through his temple.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
She reached for a tent peg with one hand, for a workman's hammer with the other. She struck Sisera. She crushed his head. She shattered and pierced his temples.

King James 2000 Bible
She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she struck Sisera, she crushed his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
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