Bible Verse Dictionary
Judges 5:17 - Why
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Gilead | H1568 | גִּלְעָד |
[Noun] {Gilad} a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites |
abode | H7931 | שָׁכַן |
[Verb] compare H5531 and H7925); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively) |
beyond | H5676 | עֵבֶר |
[Noun Masculine] properly a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; usually meaning the east) |
Jordan | H3383 | יַרְדֵּן |
[Proper Name] a descender; {Jarden} the principal river of Palestine |
and why | H4100 | מָה |
properly interrogitive what ? (including {how ?} why ? and when ?); but also exclamations like what ! (including {how !}) or indefinitely what (including {whatever} and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational sneses |
did Dan | H1835 | דָּן |
[Proper Name Masculine] judge; {Dan} one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from {him} and its territory; likewise a place in Palestine colonized by them |
remain | H1481 | גּוּר |
[Verb] properly to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other {purpose}) that {is} sojourn (as a guest); also to {shrink} fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid) |
in | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
ships | H591 | אֳנִיָּה |
[Noun Feminine] a ship |
Asher | H836 | אָשֵׁר |
[Proper Name] happy; {Asher} a son of {Jacob} and the tribe descended from {him} with its territory; also a place in Palestine |
continued | H3427 | יָשַׁב |
[Verb] properly to sit down (specifically as {judge} in {ambush} in quiet); by implication to {dwell} to remain; causatively to {settle} to marry |
on the sea | H3220 | יָם |
[Noun Masculine] a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article) the Mediterranean; sometimes a large {river} or an artificial basin; {locally} the {west} or (rarely) the south |
shore | H2348 | חוֹף |
[Noun Masculine] a cove (as a sheltered bay) |
and abode | H7931 | שָׁכַן |
[Verb] compare H5531 and H7925); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively) |
in | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
his breaches | H4664 | מִפְרָץ |
[Noun Masculine] a break (in the {shore}) that {is} a haven |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.