Judges 4:4

4:4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.

Judges 5:24

5:24 The most rewarded of women should be Jael,

the wife of Heber the Kenite!

She should be the most rewarded of women who live in tents.


tn Heb “ a woman, a prophetess.” In Hebrew idiom the generic “woman” sometimes precedes the more specific designation. See GKC 437-38 §135.b.

tn Heb “she was.” The pronoun refers back to the nominative absolute “Deborah.” Hebrew style sometimes employs such resumptive pronouns when lengthy qualifiers separate the subject from the verb.

tn Or “judging.”

tn Or “blessed.”