King James Version

Judges 5:18

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

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זְבֻל֗וּןzevulunZebulunזְבוּלוּןnoun, proper name — “Zebulun”H2074Zebulon, a son of Jacob; also his territory and tribeZebulun.עַ֣םampeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.חֵרֵ֥ףcherefbetrothחָרַףverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “betroth”, a completed actionH2778to 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; to spend the winterbetroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid.נַפְשׁ֛וֹnafshvocreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…לָמ֖וּתlamutto dieמוּתpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to die”, the to-form of the verbH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…וְנַפְתָּלִ֑יvenaftaliand Naphtaliנַפְתָּלִיconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Naphtali”H5321Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territoryNaphtali.עַ֖לalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מְרוֹמֵ֥יmeromeaboveמָרוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “above”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4791altitude, 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.שָׂדֶֽהsadehfieldשָׂדֶהnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “field”, the ordinary formH7704a field (as flat)country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Zebulun is a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, and Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Zebulun was a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, And Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.

Young’s Literal Translation

Zebulun [is] a people who exposed its soul to death, Naphtali also — on high places of the field.

World English Bible

Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.

Darby Translation

Zebulun is a people [that] jeoparded their lives unto death, Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.

Douay-Rheims

But Zabulon and Nephtali offered their lives to death in the region of Merome.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Zebulun is a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, and Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The people Zabulon exposed their soul to death, and Nephthali came to the high places of their land.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ζαβουλὼν λαὸς ὠνείδισε ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ εἰς θάνατον, καὶ Νεφθαλὶ ἐπὶ ὕψη ἀγροῦ