Judges 5:18
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Zebulunזְבֻל֗וּן
(ze·vu·lun)
2074: a son of Jacob, also his desc. and their territoryfrom zabal
[was] a peopleעַ֣ם
(am)
5971a: peoplefrom an unused word
who despisedחֵרֵ֥ף
(che·ref)
2778a: to reproacha prim. root
their livesנַפְשֹׁ֛ו
(naf·shov)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
[even] to death,לָמ֖וּת
(la·mut)
4191: to diea prim. root
And Naphtaliוְנַפְתָּלִ֑י
(ve·naf·ta·li;)
5321: a son of Jacob, also his desc. and the district settled by themfrom pathal
also, on the high placesמְרֹומֵ֥י
(me·ro·v·mei)
4791: heightfrom rum
of the field.שָׂדֶֽה׃
(sa·deh.)
7704: field, landfrom the same as saday


















KJV Lexicon
Zebulun
Zbuwluwn  (zeb-oo-loon')
habitation; Zebulon, a son of Jacob; also his territory and tribe -- Zebulun.
and Naphtali
Naphtaliy  (naf-taw-lee')
my wrestling; Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory -- Naphtali.
were a people
`am  (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
that jeoparded
charaph.  (khaw-raf')
to pull off, i.e. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e. defame
their lives
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
unto the death
muwth  (mooth)
causatively, to kill
in the high places
marowm  (maw-rome')
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft) -- (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
of the field
sadeh  (saw-deh')
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat) -- country, field, ground, land, soil, wild.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Zebulun was a people who despised their lives even to death, And Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.

King James Bible
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Zebulun was a people risking their lives, Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.

International Standard Version
The tribe of Zebulun did not worry about their lives at the price of death; neither did the tribe of Naphtali also on high places of the field.

NET Bible
The men of Zebulun were not concerned about their lives; Naphtali charged on to the battlefields.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But Zebulun mocked death, and Naphtali risked his life on the battlefield.

King James 2000 Bible
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
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