פירוש על שופטים 5:7

Exposure was discontinued. Exposed, unwalled cities were discontinued as dwelling places, because of the enemies, and they flocked to the fortified cities.

Inhabitation of the villages ceased, because they were afraid to settle in the unwalled cities. And this only ceased with Israel, but not with the other nations. As they were not afraid of Israel, such that they not dwell in unwalled cities. For they had the upper hand.

these are unwalled cities, without a wall around them

Inhabitation of the villages (perazon) ceased: Perazon is a noun relating to unwalled towns. And both [mentions of] shekamti have a patach gadol [under] the shin in place of a patach katan.

Until I rose. This¹⁰Scripture substitutes the “pasach” vowelization for the “segol” in the opening ‘ש’ of שקמתי. The “kametz” vowelization of the opening ‘ש’ is substituted for the “segol”. is the same as שֶׁקַמְתִּי Similarly, 'That you are speaking to me'

Until I Devorah, arose: That is to say, it was like this until I arose, I Devorah. As from now, it will be like before. For the salvation that comes through me is complete and the nations will tremble from the Lord. So Israel will not cease from going on the roads or settling in the unwalled cities.

from the language of awakening

A mother: Like a mother who chastises her son to straighten out his way, so too am I to Israel.