H1989 H1989
hammer, workman's mallet
A hammer or mallet used by craftsmen, appearing in Deborah's song celebrating Jael's victory. The term specifies a workman's tool, not a weapon of war, which makes Jael's act even more striking — she uses common household implements (tent peg and workman's hammer) to defeat Sisera. The detail emphasizes both the improvised nature of her weapon and God's power to deliver through unlikely means.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Translations consistently render this as 'hammer' or 'mallet,' with Spanish adding 'martillo de' (hammer of) to capture the construct relationship with 'workmen.' The prepositional prefix 'to/for' marks this as 'to/for the hammer of workmen.' Judges 5:26 uses this in Deborah's poetic celebration of how Jael struck Sisera's temple with an ordinary tool. 1×
AR["لِ-مِطْرَقَةِ"]·ben["আঘাত-করতে"]·DE["zu-der-hammer-von"]·EN["to-the-hammer-of"]·FR["à-le-marteau-de"]·heb["ל-הלמות"]·HI["मारने-को"]·ID["kepada-palu"]·IT["a-il-hammer-di"]·jav["kanggé-nuthuk"]·KO["치다-"]·PT["para-martelo-de"]·RU["к-молоту"]·ES["a-martillo-de"]·SW["kupiga"]·TR["için-çekici"]·urd["مارنے-کو"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† הַלְמוּת n.m. hammer, mallet, only cstr. ה׳ עֲמֵלִים Ju 5:26 a workman’s hammer.