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Judges 4:4
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Judges 4:4
New English Translation
4 Now Deborah, a prophetess,[a] wife of Lappidoth, was[b] leading[c] Israel at that time.
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- Judges 4:4 tn Heb “ a woman, a prophetess.” In Hebrew idiom the generic “woman” sometimes precedes the more specific designation. See GKC 437-38 §135.b.
- Judges 4:4 tn Heb “she was.” The pronoun refers back to the nominative absolute “Deborah.” Hebrew style sometimes employs such resumptive pronouns when lengthy qualifiers separate the subject from the verb.
- Judges 4:4 tn Or “judging.”
Judges 4:5
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Judges 4:5
New English Translation
5 She would sit[a] under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled.[b]
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- Judges 4:5 tn That is, “consider legal disputes.”
- Judges 4:5 tn Heb “for judgment.”
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