Talmud zu Schoftim 5:1

R. Ze‘ira, quoting R. Jeremiah, in the name of Rab, said; The Song at the Sea¹²⁹Ex. 15, 1-18. and the Song of Deborah¹³⁰Judg. 5, 1-31. are written in the form of a half-brick over a whole brick,¹³¹Or ‘blank space’; the Heb. לבינה may bear both meanings. and a whole brick over a half-brick.¹³²Cf. above. p. 215, n. 45.

The mark for the Song of Deborah is ‘sixty-four lines’¹⁶³So GRA. V and H ‘sixty-five’. [beginning with the words:] wattashar,¹⁶⁴Then sang (Judg. 5, 1). le’mor,¹⁶⁵Saying (ibid.). ‘am,¹⁶⁶People (2). This is the reading of GRA. V has Bless ye (ibid.). rozenim,¹⁶⁷O ye princes (3). laH,¹⁶⁸To the Lord (ibid.). misse‘ir,¹⁶⁹Out of Seir (4). ra‘ashah,¹⁷⁰Trembled (ibid.). mayyim,¹⁷¹Water (ibid.). Sinai,¹⁷²Sinai (5). ‘Anath,¹⁷³Anath (6). nethiboth,¹⁷⁴Paths (ibid.). E.V. renders this word together with the preceding as travellers. ḥadelu,¹⁷⁵They ceased (7). ’em,¹⁷⁶A mother (ibid.). ḥadashim,¹⁷⁷New (8). ’im,¹⁷⁸Was there (ibid.). beYisra’el,¹⁷⁹In Israel (ibid.). ba‘am,¹⁸⁰Among the people (9). ẓeḥoroth,¹⁸¹White (10). ‘al,¹⁸²By (ibid.). mash’abim,¹⁸³Watering-troughs (11). pirzono,¹⁸⁴Of His rulers (ibid.). the Tetragrammaton,¹⁸⁵The Lord (ibid.). ‘uri,¹⁸⁶Awake [utter a song] (12). ’Abino‘am,¹⁸⁷Abinoam (ibid.). yerad,¹⁸⁸Made me have dominion (13). ba‘Amaleḳ,¹⁸⁹In Amalek (14). Makir,¹⁹⁰Machir (ibid.). sofer,¹⁹¹Marshal’s (ibid.). ken,¹⁹²So (15). beraglaw,¹⁹³At his feet (ibid.). ḥiḳeḳe leb,¹⁹⁴Resolves of heart (ibid.). hammishpethayim,¹⁹⁵Among the sheepfolds (16). Re’uben,¹⁹⁶Reuben (ibid.). shaken,¹⁹⁷Abode (17). yashab,¹⁹⁸Dwelt (ibid.). yishkon,¹⁹⁹Abideth (ibid.). ‘al,²⁰⁰Upon (18). nilḥamu,²⁰¹They fought (19). ‘al,²⁰²By (ibid.). laḳaḥu,²⁰³They took (ibid.). mimmesilotham,²⁰⁴In their courses (20). gerafam,²⁰⁵Swept them away (21). nafshi,²⁰⁶O my soul (ibid.). sus,²⁰⁷Horse [hoofs] (22). Meroz,²⁰⁸Meroz (23). yoshebeha,²⁰⁹The inhabitants thereof (ibid.). the Tetragrammaton,²¹⁰The Lord [against the mighty] (ibid.). Ya‘el,²¹¹Jael (24). ba’ohel,²¹²In the tent (ibid.). nathanah,²¹³She gave (25). layyathed,²¹⁴To the tent-pin (26). ‘amelim,²¹⁵Workmen (ibid.). weḥalefah,²¹⁶And struck through (ibid.). shakab,²¹⁷He lay (27). kara‘,²¹⁸He sunk (ibid.). watteyabbeb,²¹⁹And peered (28). boshesh,²²⁰So long (ibid.). marke-bothaw,²²¹His chariots (ibid.). hi,’²²²She (29). shalal,²²³Spoil (30). ẓeba‘im,²²⁴Dyed garments (ibid.). riḳmah,²²⁵Embroidery (ibid.). yobedu,²²⁶So perish (31). bigburatho.²²⁷In his might (ibid.). The last twelve words are according to the reading of GRA. V has instead only ten, which do not present a likely division of the lines and are not followed in current editions of the Hebrew Bible.