Song of Deborah
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Hebrew poem
Old Testament text
ancient Near Eastern war song
biblical poem
liturgical song
victory hymn
The Song of Deborah is an ancient Hebrew victory hymn in the Bible that celebrates Israel’s triumph over Canaanite forces under the leadership of the prophetess Deborah and the commander Barak.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Song of Deborah canonical | 4 |
| Judges 5 | 2 |
| the Song of Deborah | 1 |
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew poem
ⓘ
Old Testament text ⓘ ancient Near Eastern war song ⓘ biblical poem ⓘ liturgical song ⓘ victory hymn ⓘ |
| approximateDateProposedByScholars |
11th century BCE
ⓘ
12th century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Israelite victory over Canaanite army
ⓘ
defeat of Sisera ⓘ |
| associatedWithLeader |
Barak
ⓘ
Deborah ⓘ |
| attributedSpeaker | Deborah ⓘ |
| biblicalBookChapter |
Song of Deborah
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Judges 5
|
| consideredOneOf | oldest texts in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| criticizesTribe |
Asher
ⓘ
Dan ⓘ Meroz ⓘ Reuben ⓘ |
| describes |
stars fighting from heaven
ⓘ
torrent of Kishon sweeping enemies away ⓘ |
| describesAction | killing of Sisera by Jael ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Christian biblical canon
ⓘ
surface form:
Christian Old Testament
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| genre |
hymn
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ prophetic poetry ⓘ victory song ⓘ |
| language |
Hebrew
ⓘ
surface form:
Biblical Hebrew
|
| literaryFeature |
archaic Hebrew vocabulary
ⓘ
parallelism ⓘ personification of nature ⓘ vivid battle imagery ⓘ |
| mainCharacters |
Barak
ⓘ
Deborah ⓘ Jael ⓘ Sisera ⓘ YHWH ⓘ
surface form:
Yahweh
|
| mentionsTribe |
Asher
ⓘ
Benjamin ⓘ Dan ⓘ Ephraim ⓘ Gilead ⓘ Issachar ⓘ Machir ⓘ Naphtali ⓘ Reuben ⓘ Zebulun ⓘ |
| partOf |
Judges
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Judges
|
| praisedPerson | Jael ⓘ |
| praisesTribe |
Naphtali
ⓘ
Zebulun ⓘ |
| referencedIn | historical-critical studies of the Bible ⓘ |
| relatedNarrative | prose account in Judges 4 ⓘ |
| relationshipToJudges4 | poetic retelling of the same events ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| scholarlySignificance |
evidence for early Israelite religion
ⓘ
source for early Hebrew poetry ⓘ |
| setting |
Canaan
ⓘ
surface form:
land of Canaan
region of Megiddo ⓘ |
| subject |
battle at the waters of Megiddo
ⓘ
blessing of Jael ⓘ curse of Meroz ⓘ deliverance of Israel ⓘ judgment on Sisera ⓘ praise of Yahweh ⓘ role of women in battle ⓘ tribal participation of Israel ⓘ victory over Canaanites ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
Yahweh as king
ⓘ
covenant faithfulness ⓘ divine warrior motif ⓘ |
| usedIn | Jewish liturgical and scholarly tradition ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Book of Judges
this entity surface form:
Judges 5
this entity surface form:
Judges 5