H5516G

סִיסְרָא

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Sisera

A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.2 § Sisera = "battle array" 1) the conquering general under king Jabin of Hazor and slain by Jael 2) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

סִיסְרָא₂₁ proper name, masculine (GFM^{Judg 4:2 PAOS xix (1898), 160} compare Hittite names in -sira); —

1. general of Jabin, king of Hazor Judg 4:2 + 12 t. Judg 4 apparently himself king Judg 5:20; Judg 5:26; Judg 5:28; Judg 5:30 compare 1Sam 12:9; Ps 83:10 — on ׳ס see GFM^{Ju, 107 ff.; PAOS 1.c.}; ᵐ5 Σ(ε)ισαρα.

2. בְּנֵיסִֿיסְרָא returned exiles, Ezra 2:53 = Neh 7:55 ᵐ5 Σεισαραθ, Σισαρα, etc.

15 occurrences

Judges (14), I Samuel (1)

Judges 4:2
Judges 4:7
Judges 4:9
Judges 4:12
Judges 4:13
Judges 4:14
Judges 4:15
Judges 4:16
Judges 4:17
Judges 4:18
Judges 4:22
Judges 5:26
Judges 5:28
Judges 5:30
I Samuel 12:9