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Judges 5 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Judges 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 11
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Judges 5 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דְּבּוֹרָה | Dᵉbôwrâh | H1683 | 4 | Deborah |
| סִיסְרָא | Çîyçᵉrâʼ | H5516 | 4 | Sisera |
| צֶבַע | tsebaʻ | H6648 | 3 | dye |
| שָׁלָל | shâlâl | H7998 | 4 | booty |
| עוּר | ʻûwr | H5782 | 4 | wake |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 6 | people, tribe |
| לָחַם | lâcham | H3898 | 4 | feed on, consume |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on Judges 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Deborah called on her own soul to be in earnest. He that will set the hearts of other men on fire with the love of Christ, must himself burn with love. Praising God is a work we should awake to, and awake ourselves unto. She notices who fought against Israel, who fought for them, and who kept away. Who fought against them. They were obstinate enemies to God's people, therefore the more dangerous. Who fought for them. The several tribes that helped are here spoken of with honour; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Judges 5:12–23 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Mount Tabor — Judg 5:13
- Amalek — Judg 5:14
- Gilead 1 — Judg 5:17
- Jordan — Judg 5:17
- Canaan — Judg 5:19
- Megiddo — Judg 5:19
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