the prophetess Jdg 4:4-5:31.
Deborah (Heb. Debôrâh, “bee” or “wasp”). 1. Rebekah’s nurse, whom she accompanied to Canaan. Later she may have returned to Haran, and then followed Jacob back to Canaan, or left Isaac’s home and joined Jacob’s family after Jacob’s return from Haran, for at her death we find her as a member of Isaac’s family. Jacob at Bethel; she would have been extremely old at the time. She was buried at the foot of the hill near the town, under an oak, which she called Alon-bacut, “oak of weeping” (Gen 24:59; 35: 8). 2. Prophetess who judged Israel in a place called “Deborah’s palm tree”, in the mountainous area of Ephraim between Rama and Bethel (Jdg 4:5). After the long oppression of the king of Hazor, Deborah called Barak and entrusted him with the mission of liberating Israel from the foreign yoke. She accompanied the army into battle and later, with Barak, she composed a victory hymn (Jdg 4:4-10; 5:1-31). This “Song of Deborah,” a magnificent Hebrew poem, is generally considered one of the oldest examples of Israelite poetic literature. In its structure it shows a close parallelism with the ancient Canaanite poetic texts of Ugarit. Bib: WF Albright, JPOS 2 (1922):69-86, 284, 285.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
hebrew bee Woman’s name. 1. Nurse of Rebekah, Isaac’s wife, buried in the vicinity of Bethel, under an oak, which Jacob called, for this reason, “Oak of Weeping”, Gn 35, 8. 2. Prophetess who served as a judge in Israel, between Ramah and Bethel, on the mountain of Ephraim, sitting under a palm tree, Jc 4, 4-5. In Jc 4, 6-8, it is said that D. incited Judge Baraq to recruit ten thousand men from the sons of Naphtali and Zebulun and undertake a military campaign against Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Hagoin, and was head of the army of Jabin, king of Canaan, at Hazor, under whose oppression the Israelite people were. Sisera’s army was defeated by the Israelites, with whom D. was, at the Torrent of Quisón, who pursued him as far as Haróset Hagoin.
Sisera fled to the tent of Yael, the wife of Héber, the Kenite, and when the general was sound asleep, Yael took a peg and pierced his temple with it, with which he died. In this way the people of Israel were liberated, Jc 4. As a result of this victory, D. composed a hymn, a victory song, one of the oldest epic compositions that can be read in the Holy Scriptures, Jc 5.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(Heb., deverah, bee).
1. Rebekah’s beloved nurse (Gen 24:59; Gen 35:8), who accompanied her to Palestine. She became part of the house of Jacob and died at a very old age (compare Gen 25:20; Gen 35:8) near Bethel. She gave the name † weeping oak † to the tree under which she was buried.
2. The fourth of the judges of Israel, a prophetess, wife of Lapidot (Judges 4-5). However, like most Hebrew judges, Deborah acted primarily as the divinely appointed deliverer and executive leader of Israel.
After Ehud’s death, the people fell back into apostasy, resulting in their subjection to the Canaanites. Then came Deborah, mother in Israel (Jdg 5:7). She summoned Barak from Naphtali and prophesied that an offensive from Tabor would draw the army of Sisera and Jabin to annihilation on the plain, including Sisera’s death by the hand of a woman (Jdg 4:8-9).
Deborah and Barak achieved Israel’s first united action (Jdg 5:14-17) since the conquest 175 years earlier.
God fought against Sisera (Jdg 5:20) with a providential storm (compare Jdg 5:4) that turned the plain into a swamp, immobilizing Sisera’s chariots. They were cut to pieces by the onslaught of Israel’s infantry and then swept away by a sudden torrent (Jdg 5:21). Sisera fled alone and was killed by the woman Jael at Kedesh (Jdg 4:11, Jdg 4:17-22). Jabin was destroyed (Jdg 4:24) and the land rested for 40 years (Jdg 5:31), corresponding to the reign of Ramses III, the last great pharaoh of the twentieth Egyptian dynasty. After the battle Deborah and Barak sang Deborah’s song of victory (Jdg 5:2-31; compare v. 7).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(bee).
– Rebeca’s wet nurse: (Gn.24 and 35).
– Prophetess and Judge, Jue.4.
– Canticle of Deborah, Jue,S.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
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Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
(Bee). Name of people from the OT.
1. †¢Rebekah’s nurse, who accompanied her on her journey to marry Isaac (Gen 24:59).
. She judge and prophetess in Israel. She was a wife of Lapidoth (Judges 4:4). Ella † ella œUsed to sit under D. ella’s palm tree, between Ramah and Bethel, on Mount Ephraim; and the children of Israel went up to her for judgment† (Judges 4:5). She promoted the war against the Canaanite king † ¢ Jabin and his captain † ¢ Sisera, calling † ¢ Barak to lead the people in that fight. he did not want to go unless D. accompanied him. She consented, warning him: “The glory will not be yours … for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” The Canaanite captain was defeated and then killed by a woman: †¢Jael (Judges 4:8-21). D. and Barak are authors of a song where D. says: “I arose as a mother in Israel” (Judges 5:7). This poem appears to have been written to be sung antiphonally (Judges 5:12). It is one of the oldest samples of poetry in Israel. She is thought to have influenced the composer of Psalm 68.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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vet, (Heb., “bee”). Feminine proper name. The Bible highlights: (a) Rebekah’s nurse whom she accompanied from Aram to Canaan (Gen. 24:59). At her death, near Bethel, she was buried with marked manifestations of affection, under the famous oak then called Allon-bacut, “the weeping oak” (Gen. 35:8), 1732 BC She was at that time in the house of Jacob, Rebekah having doubtless already died, and she was about 120 years old (Gen. 24:59). There is something very beautiful in this simple consignment, which could scarcely be found in our great stories of kings, statesmen, and famous warriors. These, indeed, seldom bother to erect a monument to a worthy but obscure life spent in humble service. (b) Prophetess and wife of Lapidot, who judged the Israelites and dwelt under a famous and perhaps solitary palm tree between Rama and Bethel (Judges 4:4, 5). When the Jews, especially those of the northern tribes, suffered under the tyranny of Jabin (1296 BC), as a prophetess she endeavored to raise them from their despondency, and sending for Barak induced him to attack Sisera and promised him victory. Barak, however, refused to go unless she accompanied him, to which Deborah agreed; but she told him that the success of the expedition would be imputed to a woman and not to him. After the victory she composed a splendid triumphal song, which is preserved in Jue. 5 and which is one of the oldest pages of biblical literature.
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Feminine name that appears twice in the Old Testament. She was thus called the nurse of Rebekah, the wife of Isaac (Gen. 24. 59 and 38. 8).
And the prophecy that judged Israel also had this name and transmitted to Baraq the divine order to fight against the Canaanites (Judg. 4. 4-11). After the triumph he sang a hymn of gratitude that is the most beautiful and perhaps oldest piece of the primitive texts with which the Scripture was written (5.2-31).
(See Prophets 3).
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy
(Barak, Yael). One of the most representative figures of the beginning of Israelite history. “And Deborah, a female prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, judged Israel at that time. She sat under the Palm Tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel, on the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went up to her to settle her judgments. And she sent for Barak *, son of Abinoam, from Qades of Naphtali, and said to him, Does not Yahweh, the God of Israel, command: Go and occupy Mount Tabor…? (Je 4,4-6). The story continues with the battle against Sisera, who dies at the hands of Yael* (Je 4,7-24) and with the song of Deborah herself (5,1-31).
(1) The “story” of Deborah. She has taken the initiative, planning the war against the Canaanites. The text presents her as Nebi†™ah, a female prophetess, who speaks in the name of God and who judges, that is, directs and saves the Israelites. She is also Woman of Lappidot (= Lightning) but her husband does not intervene, so that her name may be symbolic: she would be Woman of the Fulgurant, Wife of Lightning. Her song then presents her as the Mother of Israel (Je 5,6) and this is perhaps her name that best suits her. The entire story is full of symbolic allusions, in such a way that it can and perhaps should be interpreted as an expression of an ancient myth: Deborah (the Bee), Woman of the Shining One, judges Israel under the Palm Tree (Sign of the Goddess), precisely in the days of Samgar, son of Anat (Astarte*) (Goddess of Life and War: Jos 5,4)… It is as if the text had wanted to demystify an old story of the savior woman/goddess, projecting on Deborah , ancient Israelite, some sacred (pagan) signs of a very intense feminine type. She emerges from that background, Wife of the thundering sky, under the sign of Goddess of the earth, turned into a woman who defines the beginning of her people. The subsequent law of male warriors has not been able to erase the memory of her as a prophetess / judge / mother of the origin of time. In any case, in the background of her story there is also the historical memory of a decisive battle between Israelites and Canaanites, in the plain of Esdraelon, at the foot of Tabor, for control of large areas of Canaanite land.
(2) Song. After that of Mary*, sister of Moses (Ex 15,1-18), the second of the great songs of victory that the Bible has put in the mouth of a woman is that of Deborah (Je 5,2-31). She appears as a victorious woman, who celebrates the victory and freedom that God has granted to the people, through Yael*, thus opposing the defeated women, who are the mother and wives of Sisara who wait in vain for the arrival of the dead Canaanite warrior . In this context, she says some very harsh words: “From the window, peeking through the latticework, Sisara’s mother shouts: Why is her chariot taking so long to arrive, why are her war chariots delayed? The wisest of her ladies replies: They are collecting and distributing the loot, a womb, two wombs, for each male head (soldier), a loot of colored cloth…” (Je 5,28-30). In front of Yael, who is blessed because she has carried out the work of God, killing her enemy, and in front of Deborah, who is the one who sings (cf. Je 5,7), this hymn evokes, in the window of her house, to the mother of Sisera (cf. Je 5,28), who is a symbol of the people…