Judges 5:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זְבֻל֗וּן עַ֣ם חֵרֵ֥ף נַפְשׁ֛וֹ לָמ֖וּת וְנַפְתָּלִ֑י עַ֖ל מְרוֹמֵ֥י שָׂדֶֽה׃

Transliteration

Zebulun people charaph his-soul to-die, and-Naphtali on heights-of field

Grammar Details

*Zebulun*: proper name - Zebulun
עַ֣ם: noun, masculine singular - people
*charaph*: Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - scorned/defied/reproached
נַפְשׁ֛וֹ: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his soul/life
לָמ֖וּת: preposition ל + Qal infinitive construct - to die
וְנַפְתָּלִ֑י: waw conjunction + proper name - and Naphtali
עַ֖ל: preposition - on
מְרוֹמֵ֥י: noun, masculine plural construct - heights of
שָׂדֶֽה: noun, masculine singular - field

Word Meanings

*charaph*: scorn/defy/reproach/expose oneself to danger

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Referenced Verses

Judg 4:10 : 10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
Judg 4:6 : 6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
Judg 4:14 : 14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Esth 4:16 : 16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Acts 20:24 : 24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
1 John 3:16 : 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

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