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Now Deborah, a prophetess,[a] wife of Lappidoth, was[b] leading[c] Israel at that time.

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Judges 4:4 tn Or “judging.”

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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  1. Judges 4:5 tn That is, “consider legal disputes.”
  2. Judges 4:5 tn Heb “for judgment.”