⁴ sn The speaker may be Deborah here.

² tn The Hebrew pronoun here is singular.

³ tn The Hebrew text has the plural here.

⁴ tn Heb “What [is there] to you here?”

³ tn The Hebrew text has a plural form here.

² tn Heb “give for yourselves a word and advice here.”

¹ tn The Hebrew term here translated “master,” is plural. The plural indicates degree here and emphasizes the Levite’s absolute sovereignty over the woman.

¹ tn The Hebrew term here translated “master,” is plural. The plural indicates degree here and emphasizes the Levite’s absolute sovereignty over the woman.

² tn The term “Canaanites” is supplied here both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

² tn Or “Mount Heres”; the term הַר (har) means “mount” or “mountain” in Hebrew.

¹ tn Heb “take captive your captives.” (The Hebrew text uses a cognate accusative here.)

³ tn Or possibly “secret storage places.” The Hebrew word occurs only here in the Hebrew Bible.

² tn Or “Israel experienced great distress.” Perhaps here the verb has the nuance “hemmed in.”

² sn Here an ephod probably refers to a priestly garment (cf. Exod 28:4-6).

⁴ tn The Hitpael verb form appears to have an iterative force here, indicating repeated action.

² tn The verb used here is from the same root as the noun “hammer” in the preceding line.

³ tn Or “men,” but the word seems to have a more general sense here, as the conclusion to the sentence suggests.

¹ tc The MT reads the plural, but surely the singular (which is supported by the LXX and Vulgate) is preferable here.

¹ tn The Hebrew verb translated “asked” (שָׁאַל, sha’al) refers here to consulting the Lord through a prophetic oracle; cf. NAB “consulted.”

³ tn Heb “I.” The Hebrew pronoun is singular, agreeing with the collective singular “Judah” earlier in the verse. English style requires a plural pronoun here, however.