Commentaire sur Les Juges 5:12: Rachi, Rambam, Ibn Ezra et plus

עוּרִ֤י עוּרִי֙ דְּבוֹרָ֔ה ע֥וּרִי ע֖וּרִי דַּבְּרִי־שִׁ֑יר ק֥וּם בָּרָ֛ק וּֽשֲׁבֵ֥ה שֶׁבְיְךָ֖ בֶּן־אֲבִינֹֽעַם׃

Debout, debout, Débora! Eveille-toi, éveille-toi, chante l’hymne! Alerte, ô Barak! Fils d’Abinoam, emmène ta capture!

Rashi on Judges

Awaken, awaken. The inference is, "awaken to praise," as plainly indicated. "Intensify your singing." However, the Rabbis remark,17Pesachim, 66:b. because she was self lauditory and said, "Until I rose, Devorah,"18Thereby favoring herself over the leaders who preceded her. (Rashi to Pesachim, ibid.) the Divine spirit departed from her.19Silencing her song (Rashi to Pesachim, ibid). It was now necessary for her to reinvoke the prophetic spirit by saying, “Awake, awake.”

Metzudat David on Judges

Awake, awake: That is to say, strengthen yourself to speak in song. And she repeated her words because that is the way of song, and out of great enthusiasm.

Metzudat Zion on Judges

from the language of arousing and waking up