Exodus 15:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּקַּח֩ מִרְיָ֨ם הַנְּבִיאָ֜ה אֲח֧וֹת אַהֲרֹ֛ן אֶת־הַתֹּ֖ף בְּיָדָ֑הּ וַתֵּצֶ֤אןָ כָֽל־הַנָּשִׁים֙ אַחֲרֶ֔יהָ בְּתֻפִּ֖ים וּבִמְחֹלֹֽת׃

Transliteration

wattiqqaḥ Miryām hannəḇîʾāh ʾăḥôt ʾAhărōn ʾet-hattōp̄ bəyāḏāh wattēṣeʾnā ḵāl-hannāšîm ʾaḥăreyhā bətuppîm ūḇimḥōlōt

Grammar Details

• *wattiqqaḥ*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she took
• *Miryām*: proper noun - Miriam
• *hannəḇîʾāh*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the prophetess
• *ʾăḥôt*: noun, feminine singular construct - sister of
• *ʾAhărōn*: proper noun - Aaron
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *hattōp̄*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the tambourine
• *bəyāḏāh*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in her hand
• *wattēṣeʾnā*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd feminine plural - and they went out
• *ḵāl*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
• *hannāšîm*: definite article + noun, feminine plural - the women
• *ʾaḥăreyhā*: preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - after her
• *bətuppîm*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - with tambourines
• *ūḇimḥōlōt*: conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine plural - and with dances

Word Meanings

• *nəḇîʾāh*: prophetess/female prophet
• *tōp̄*: tambourine/timbrel/hand-drum
• *məḥōlōt*: dances/dancing/dance-circles

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 18:6 : 6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
• Judg 11:34 : 34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
• Ps 150:4 : 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
• Num 26:59 : 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
• Judg 4:4 : 4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
• Exod 2:4 : 4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
• Mic 6:4 : 4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
• Ps 68:25 : 25 The singers{H8802)} went before{H8765)}, the players on instruments{H8802)} followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels{H8802)}.
• Ps 149:3 : 3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
• Ps 81:2 : 2 Take{H8798)} a psalm, and bring{H8798)} hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
• Luke 2:36 : 36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
• Judg 21:21 : 21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
• 2 Kgs 22:14 : 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe;(now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
• Ps 30:11 : 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
• Ps 68:11 : 11 The Lord gave{H8799)} the word: great was the company of those that published{H8764)} it.
• 1 Sam 10:5 : 5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
• Acts 21:9 : 9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
• 1 Cor 11:5 : 5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
• 1 Cor 14:34 : 34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
• Num 12:1 : 1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
• Num 20:1 : 1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
• 2 Sam 6:5 : 5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
• 2 Sam 6:14 : 14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
• 2 Sam 6:16 : 16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.