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דבורה ויעל

Devorah and Yael

Nine hundred chariots of iron.

וַיַּזְעֵק סִיסְרָא אֶת כׇּל רִכְבּוֹ תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת רֶכֶב בַּרְזֶל וְאֶת כׇּל הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ מֵחֲרֹשֶׁת הַגּוֹיִם אֶל נַחַל קִישׁוֹן׃

שופטים ד:יג

"And Sisera summoned all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the troops with him, from Charoshes Hagoyim to the Wadi Kishon."

Judges 4:13

The torrent Kishon swept them away.

נַחַל קִישׁוֹן גְּרָפָם נַחַל קְדוּמִים נַחַל קִישׁוֹן תִּדְרְכִי נַפְשִׁי עֹז׃

שופטים ה:כא

"The torrent Kishon swept them away, that ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. March on, my soul, in strength!"

Judges 5:21

And Yael took a tent peg, and set the mallet in her hand.

וַתִּקַּח יָעֵל אֵשֶׁת חֶבֶר אֶת יְתַד הָאֹהֶל וַתָּשֶׂם אֶת הַמַּקֶּבֶת בְּיָדָהּ וַתָּבוֹא אֵלָיו בַּלָּאט וַתִּתְקַע אֶת הַיָּתֵד בְּרַקָּתוֹ וַתִּצְנַח בָּאָרֶץ וְהוּא נִרְדָּם וַיָּעַף וַיָּמֹת׃

שופטים ד:כא

"Then Yael, the wife of Chever, took a tent peg and set the mallet in her hand, and came to him softly, and drove the peg through his temple until it went down into the ground; and he was fast asleep and weary, and he died."

Judges 4:21

Why is his chariot so long in coming?

בְּעַד הַחַלּוֹן נִשְׁקְפָה וַתְּיַבֵּב אֵם סִיסְרָא בְּעַד הָאֶשְׁנָב מַדּוּעַ בֹּשֵׁשׁ רִכְבּוֹ לָבוֹא מַדּוּעַ אֶחֱרוּ פַּעֲמֵי מַרְכְּבוֹתָיו׃

שופטים ה:כח

"Through the window peered the mother of Sisera, and cried out through the lattice: why is his chariot so long in coming? Why so late the clatter of his wheels?"

Judges 5:28

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