Judges 5:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

א֣וֹרוּ מֵר֗וֹז אָמַר֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה אֹ֥רוּ אָר֖וֹר יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ כִּ֤י לֹֽא־בָ֙אוּ֙ לְעֶזְרַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה לְעֶזְרַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה בַּגִּבּוֹרִֽים׃

Transliteration

Arar Meroz, amar malak of-YHWH, arar aror inhabitants-of-her because not they-came to-help-of YHWH, to-help-of YHWH among-the-gibborim

Grammar Details

*Arar*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - curse!
*Meroz*: proper name - Meroz
*amar*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said
*malak*: noun, masculine singular construct - angel/messenger of
*YHWH*: divine name
*arar*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - curse!
*aror*: absolute infinitive - utterly curse
יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ: Qal participle, masculine plural + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her inhabitants
כִּ֤י: conjunction - because
לֹֽא־בָ֙אוּ֙: negative particle + Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they did not come
לְעֶזְרַ֣ת: preposition ל + noun, feminine singular construct - to help of
לְעֶזְרַ֥ת: preposition ל + noun, feminine singular construct - to help of
בַּגִּבּוֹרִֽים: preposition ב + definite article + adjective, masculine plural - among the mighty ones

Word Meanings

*arar*: curse/bind with a curse
*amar*: say/speak/command
*malak*: messenger/angel
*aror*: utterly curse
*gibborim*: mighty ones/warriors/heroes

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Referenced Verses

Judg 21:9-9 : 9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there. 10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
1 Sam 17:47 : 47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands.
1 Sam 18:17 : 17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
1 Sam 25:28 : 28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
1 Sam 26:19 : 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
Neh 3:5 : 5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
Jer 48:10 : 10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
Matt 25:41 : 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Rom 15:18 : 18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
Judg 2:1 : 1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
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 6:11 : 11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
Judg 13:3 : 3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

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