Deborah

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Judges in the Bible
In the Book of Judges
Othniel
Ehud
Shamgar
Deborah and Barak
Gideon
Abimelech
Tola
Jair
Jephtha
Ibzan
Elon
Abdon
Samson
In the First Book of Samuel
Eli
Samuel
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For information on the name Deborah, see Debbie

For information on the nurse of Rebeccah, mentioned in Genesis, see Deborah (Genesis)

Grave near Tel Kadesh attributed to Barak or Deborah

Deborah or Dvora (Hebrew: דְּבוֹרָה, Standard Dəvora Tiberian Dəḇôrāh ; "Bee") was a prophetess and the fourth Judge and only female Judge of pre-monarchic Israel in the Old Testament (Tanakh). Her story is told twice in chapters 4 and 5 of Judges. The first account is prose, relating the victory of Israelite forces led by General Barak, whom Deborah called forth but prophesied would not achieve the final victory over the Canaanite general Sisera himself. That honor went to Jael, the wife of Heber, a Kenite tentmaker. Jael killed Sisera by driving a tent peg through his head as he slept.

Judges 5 gives this same story in poetic form. This passage, often called The Song of Deborah may date to as early as the 8th century BC, which would make it one of the oldest passages of the Bible and the earliest extant sample of Hebrew poetry. Two dates are given in the text, 28:30 and 28:31, the first pointing to the fall of Ephraim (722 BCE), the other to a time near the beginning of the royal house of Israel.

It is also significant because it is one of the oldest extant passages that portrays fighting women. The poem may have been included in the Book of the Wars of the Lord mentioned in Numbers 21:14.

Gustave Dore's interpretation of the prophetess Deborah

Little is known about Deborah's personal life. She was apparently married to a man named Lapidoth (meaning "torches"), but this name is not extant outside of the Book of Judges and might simply mean that Deborah herself was a "fiery" spirit. She was a poet and she rendered her judgments beneath a palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the land of Benjamin. Some people refer to her as the mother of Israel. After her victory over Sisera and the Canaanite army, there was peace in the land for forty years.

External links

Book of Judges article (Jewish Encyclopedia)
Debbora - Catholic Encyclopedia article
Biblical Hebrew Poetry - Reconstructing the Original Oral, Aural and Visual Experience
Song of Deborah (Judges 5) Reconstructed

of Judaism & Christianity in the Hebrew Bible
Abraham Isaac Jacob Moses Aaron Miriam Eldad Medad The seventy elders of Israel Joshua Phinehas

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Judaism: Sarah Joseph Eli Elkanah Hannah Abigail Amoz Mordecai Esther (Baruch)	Christianity: Abel Enoch Daniel
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Biblical judges (Hebrew: shoftim שופטים) were chief magistrates of the Hebrews in the ancients' sense (against the principle of separation of powers), distinct from modern, merely judicial judges.
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Tanakh
Torah | Nevi'im | Ketuvim
Books of Nevi'im
First Prophets
1. Joshua
2. Judges
3. Samuel
4. Kings
Later Prophets
5. Isaiah
6. Jeremiah
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In the Book of Judges
Othniel
Ehud
Shamgar
Deborah and Barak
Gideon
Abimelech
Tola
Jair
Jephtha
Ibzan
Elon
Abdon
Samson
In the First Book of Samuel
Eli
Samuel
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Samson, Shimshon (Hebrew: שִׁמְשׁוֹן, Standard Šimšon Tiberian Šimšôn
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Eli (Hebrew: עֵלִי, Standard
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Debbie (or Deb) is a fairly common given name, usually feminine, short for Deborah (or Debra) (which means "bee" in Hebrew) and is popular in most English-speaking countries. It reached its height of popularity in the United States in the 1970s.
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Rebekah (Rebecca or Rivkah) (Hebrew: רִבְקָה, Standard
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GENESIS is a project maintained by The Women's Library at London Metropolitan University. It provides an online database and a list of sources with an intent to support research into women's history.
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Deborah is the name of the nurse of Rebeccah (Genesis 35:8). She is first mentioned by name in the Torah when she dies in a place called Alon Bachot, and is buried by Jacob, who is returning with his large family to Canaan.
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Hebrew}}}
Writing system: Alefbet Ivri abjad
Official status
Official language of: Israel
Regulated by: Academy of the Hebrew Language

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Tiberian Hebrew is an extinct oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient Hebrew, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was given written form by masoretic scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias in the early Middle Ages, beginning in the 8th century.
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BEE may refer to:

Black Economic Empowerment, the policy of post-apartheid affirmative action in South Africa
Biblical Education by Extension, a Christian program designed to instruct theology in countries with weak theological infrastructure.

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Anthem
Hatikvah
The Hope

Capital
(and largest city) Jerusalem

Official languages Hebrew, Arabic
Demonym Israeli
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Old Testament (sometimes abbreviated OT) is the first section of the two-part Christian Biblical canon, which includes the books of the Hebrew Bible as well as several Deuterocanonical books. Its exact contents differ in the various Christian denominations.
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Tanakh (Hebrew: תנ״ך‎) (also Tanach, IPA: [taˈnax]
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Prose is writing distinguished from poetry by its greater variety of rhythm and its closer resemblance to the patterns of everyday speech. The word prose comes from the Latin prosa, meaning straightforward, hence the term "prosaic," which is often seen as pejorative.
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