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According the the NET Bible translator note on the verse:
1 tn Heb “ a woman, a prophetess.” In Hebrew idiom the generic “woman” sometimes precedes the more specific designation. See GKC 437-38 §135.b.
Interestingly, since her husband, Lappidoth, is identified the text must reorient itself to point back to Deborah when talking about her leadership ...
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Jon Ericson has already given a thorough interpretation, but just to answer the Hebrew query in your question:
וּדְבוֹרָה אִשָּׁה נְבִיאָה, אֵשֶׁת לַפִּידוֹת--הִיא שֹׁפְטָה אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל, בָּעֵת הַהִיא.
(From Mechon Mamre)
אִשָּׁה
(woman) is the feminine form of אִישׁ
(man). The other Hebrew words in this passage that are explicitly feminine are: ...
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The entire book of Judges documents the failure of leadership in Israel from the time of Joshua to Saul. In fact, the phrase "In those days there was no king in Israel" is repeated four times. Although the text seems to be structured chronologically, the stories are actually arraigned geographically from south to north, which allows the accounts to follow ...
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The first two paragraphs are mostly in response to @Lance Roberts' post, but I do feel that they contribute to this discussion.
Deborah was already in a position of authority within Israel as a prophetess and also as a judge. Those who support the complementarian position often state that Deborah was most likely only a leader because men had failed to step ...
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The Hebrew word used is “הלא” ha-lo, which translates to the cumbersome “is it not so that…”. (JPS 1917 ed. translates this verse as “Hath not the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, saying…”.)
It’s a fairly common literary convention within the Bible to jump into the middle of a conversation.
(Cf. Exodus 10; where before most of the plagues we overhear ...
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Isaiah 3:12a states (ESV):
My people — infants are their oppressors, and women rule over them.
This is showing one of the signs of affliction upon Israel for their disobedience. We see in Judges where at this time the men were quite passive. In Judges 4:8 we see after Deborah asked Barak the military leader to go to fight, his response showing a real ...
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