Hakim-hakim 2:16

2:16 The Lord raised up leaders ¹  who delivered them from these robbers. ² 

Hakim-hakim 4:4

4:4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, ³  wife of Lappidoth, was ⁴  leading ⁵  Israel at that time.

[2:16]  ¹ tn Or more traditionally, “judges” (also in vv. 17, 18 [3x], 19). Since these figures carried out more than a judicial function, also serving as rulers and (in several instances) as military commanders, the translation uses the term “leaders.”

[2:16]  ² tn Heb “and they delivered them from the hand of the ones robbing them.”

[4:4]  ³ tn Heb “ a woman, a prophetess.” In Hebrew idiom the generic “woman” sometimes precedes the more specific designation. See GKC 437-38 §135.b.

[4:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “she was.” The pronoun refers back to the nominative absolute “Deborah.” Hebrew style sometimes employs such resumptive pronouns when lengthy qualifiers separate the subject from the verb.

[4:4]  ⁵ tn Or “judging.”