The Meaning of Judges 5:24 Explained

Judges 5:24

KJV: Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

YLT: Blessed above women is Jael, Wife of Heber the Kenite, Above women in the tent she is blessed.

Darby: "Most blessed of women be Ja'el, the wife of Heber the Ken'ite, of tent-dwelling women most blessed.

ASV: Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Judges 5:24?

MEANING: What does Judges 5:24 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Judges 5:24 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Judges 5:24?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Blessed  above women  shall Jael  the wife  of Heber  the Kenite  be, blessed  shall she be above women  in the tent. 

What does Judges 5:24 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 5:24-31 - At The Mercy Of Midian
What a contrast our reading suggests between those that love the Lord and go from strength to strength in the undimming luster and influence of their life, and the evil that once more brought the tyrant's yoke upon this neck of Israel! Yet these alternations have too often befallen us. At one moment Sisera and his hosts are chased before us as sheep before the dog; then a reaction sets in and the hand of Midian prevails against us. Why are we not always glad, strong, and victorious? Is it not because we look to our moods, we relax our close walk with God, and we set up the images of Baal in our hearts? We are then reduced to the plight described here and in Haggai 1:6. Why are there not more conversions in the Church? Why is there so little difference between the Church and the world? Why is so much of our Sunday-school teaching ineffective? Ah, the Midianite is in our midst and we acquiesce! The urgent, primal need of the present day is for the Church to realize her true condition, and cry mightily unto God for help. Note Judges 6:6 and Joel 1:14, etc. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 5

1  The Song of Deborah and Barak

What do the individual words in Judges 5:24 mean?

Most blessed is among women Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite among women in tents Blessed is she
תְּבֹרַךְ֙ מִנָּשִׁ֔ים יָעֵ֕ל אֵ֖שֶׁת חֶ֣בֶר הַקֵּינִ֑י מִנָּשִׁ֥ים בָּאֹ֖הֶל תְּבֹרָֽךְ

תְּבֹרַךְ֙  Most  blessed  is 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: בָּרַךְ 
Sense: to bless, kneel.
מִנָּשִׁ֔ים  among  women 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine plural
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
יָעֵ֕ל  Jael 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יָעֵל  
Sense: the wife of Heber the Kenite who killed the general Sisera as he slept by driving a peg through his temples into the ground.
אֵ֖שֶׁת  the  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
חֶ֣בֶר  of  Heber 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֶבֶר  
Sense: the Kenite, husband of Jael, who slew Sisera by driving a nail into his temple.
הַקֵּינִ֑י  the  Kenite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֵינִי  
Sense: the tribe from which the father-in-law of Moses was a member and which lived in the area between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai.
מִנָּשִׁ֥ים  among  women 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine plural
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
בָּאֹ֖הֶל  in  tents 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֹהֶל  
Sense: tent.
תְּבֹרָֽךְ  Blessed  is  she 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: בָּרַךְ 
Sense: to bless, kneel.

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