The Meaning of Judges 4:19 Explained

Judges 4:19

KJV: And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

YLT: And he saith unto her, 'Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water, for I am thirsty;' and she openeth the bottle of milk, and giveth him to drink, and covereth him.

Darby: And he said to her, "Pray, give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty." So she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink and covered him.

ASV: And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he said  unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little  water  to drink;  for I am thirsty.  And she opened  a bottle  of milk,  and gave him drink,  and covered  him. 

What does Judges 4:19 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 4:14-24 - A Woman Executioner
"The Lord discomfited Sisera and all his host." When General Gordon rode off alone on his camel to break up the camps of the Arab slave-drivers, he realized, as he went over the desert with Thomas à Kempis' immortal book in his hand, that God was already discomfiting them; and as he rode into their midst, he discovered that God had made the way perfectly clear. Yes, it is as Deborah sang, in words afterward quoted by our Lord, "They that love Him are as the sun when he goeth forth in his might," Judges 5:31; Matthew 13:43. The soul that is united to Christ is irresistible.
Jael's deed is narrated at length again in Judges 5:24. It was a most unusual breach of Arab hospitality. Was it that she was aggrieved by Sisera's treatment of her sex, Judges 5:30? Or was it the expression of her faith in Jehovah and of her identification with His people? If the latter, may we not believe that then, as always, the Almighty understood the impulse that lay beneath the crude expression? How often we give blundering expression to noble impulses, which Jesus interprets truly! Ah, how blessed it is to have a Savior who understands the motives of our hearts! [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 4

1  Deborah and Barak deliver them from Jabin and Sisera
17  Jael kills Sisera

What do the individual words in Judges 4:19 mean?

And he said to her give me to drink please little a water for I am thirsty So she opened - a jug of milk and gave him a drink and covered him
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אֵלֶ֛יהָ הַשְׁקִינִי־ נָ֥א מְעַט־ מַ֖יִם כִּ֣י צָמֵ֑אתִי וַתִּפְתַּ֞ח אֶת־ נֹ֧אוד הֶחָלָ֛ב וַתַּשְׁקֵ֖הוּ וַתְּכַסֵּֽהוּ

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר  And  he  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֵלֶ֛יהָ  to  her 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הַשְׁקִינִי־  give  me  to  drink 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, feminine singular, first person common singular
Root: שָׁקָה  
Sense: to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water.
נָ֥א  please 
Parse: Interjection
Root: נָא  
Sense: I (we) pray, now, please.
מְעַט־  little 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular construct
Root: מְעַט  
Sense: littleness, few, a little, fewness.
מַ֖יִם  a  water 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
צָמֵ֑אתִי  I  am  thirsty 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: צָמֵא  
Sense: (Qal) to be thirsty.
וַתִּפְתַּ֞ח  So  she  opened 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: פָּתַח 
Sense: to open.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
נֹ֧אוד  a  jug 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נׄאד  
Sense: skin, bottle, skin-bottle.
הֶחָלָ֛ב  of  milk 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָלָב  
Sense: milk, sour milk, cheese.
וַתַּשְׁקֵ֖הוּ  and  gave  him  a  drink 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁקָה  
Sense: to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water.
וַתְּכַסֵּֽהוּ  and  covered  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּסָה  
Sense: to cover, conceal, hide.

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