סִיסְרָא21 H5516
Sisera — Canaanite commander under King Jabin of Hazor, defeated by Deborah and Barak; also a family name
Primarily the name of the Canaanite military commander who led the forces of King Jabin of Hazor against Israel and was defeated through the combined agency of Deborah, Barak, and Jael (Judg 4-5). His nine hundred iron chariots symbolize overwhelming military power broken by divine intervention. Deborah's victory song in Judges 5 memorializes the scene of Sisera's mother waiting vainly for his return — one of the most vivid dramatic ironies in biblical poetry. A secondary Sisera appears as an ancestor of temple servants returning from exile (Ezra 2:53; Neh 7:55).
Senses
1. Sisera (personal name) — The personal name of two distinct figures: primarily the Canaanite general under King Jabin defeated by Deborah and Barak at the Wadi Kishon (Judg 4:2-22; 5:20-30), killed by Jael with a tent peg, and recalled in later tradition (1 Sam 12:9; Ps 83:10); secondarily, the ancestor of a family of returning exiles (Ezra 2:53; Neh 7:55). The name may be of Hittite origin. Translations consistently transliterate as Sisera/Sísara across languages. 21×
AR["سيسَرا", "سِيسَرَا", "لِ-سيسَرا", "وَ-سيسَرا"]·ben["এবং-সীসরা", "সীসরা", "সীসরাকে", "সীসরার", "সীসরার-জন্য"]·DE["Sisera", "[סיסרא]", "fuer-Sisera", "und-Sisera", "zu-Sisera"]·EN["Sisera", "and-Sisera", "for-Sisera", "to-Sisera"]·FR["Sisera", "[סיסרא]", "et-Sisera", "pour-Sisera", "à-Sisera"]·heb["ו-סיסרא", "ל-סיסרא", "סיסרא"]·HI["और-सीसरा", "सीसरा", "सीसरा-का", "सीसरा-की", "सीसरा-के", "सीसरा-के-लिए", "सीसरा-को", "सीसरा-ने", "सीसरा-से"]·ID["Dan-Sisera", "Sisera", "bagi-Sisera", "kepada-Sisera"]·IT["Sisera", "[סיסרא]", "a-Sisera", "e-Sisera", "per-Sisera"]·jav["Lan-Siséra", "Sisera", "Siséra", "dhateng-Siséra", "kanggé-Siséra"]·KO["그리고-시스라", "시스라", "시스라-를", "시스라-에게", "시스라-의", "시스라의"]·PT["E-Sisera", "Sisera", "a-Sisera", "para-Sisera"]·RU["И-Сисера", "Сисарой", "Сисару", "Сисары", "Сисера", "Сисере", "Сисеру", "Сисеры", "Сисры", "для-Сисары", "для-Сисеры"]·ES["Sisera", "Sísara", "Y-Sisera", "a-Sisera", "para-Sisera"]·SW["Sisera", "kwa-Sisera", "na-Sisera"]·TR["Sisera", "Sisera'nın", "Sisera-nın", "Siseranin", "Siseranın", "Siserayı", "için-Sisera", "ve-Sisera"]·urd["اور-سیسرا", "سیسرا", "سیسرا-سے", "سیسرا-نے", "سیسرا-کا", "سیسرا-کو", "سیسرا-کی", "سیسرا-کے", "سیسرا-کے-لیے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
סִיסְרָא21 n.pr.m. (GFM Ju 4:2; PAOS xix (1898), 160 cp. Hittite names in -sira);— 1. general of Jabin, king of Hazor Ju 4:2 + 12 times Ju 4; appar. himself king 5:20, 26, 28, 30; cf. 1 S 12:9 ψ 83:10;—on ס׳ v. GFM Ju, 107 ff.; PAOS l.c.; 𝔊 Σ(ε)ισαρα. †2. בְּנֵי־סִיסְרָא, returned exiles, Ezr 2:53 = Ne 7:55; 𝔊 Σεισαραθ, Σισαρα, etc.