Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageNow Deborah was a prophetess—a woman ablaze—wife of Lappidoth, and she was judging Israel in those days.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GNow Devorah, a woman who was a prophetess, the wife of Lappidot, was judging Yisra'el at that time.
KJV
King James VersionAnd Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleNow Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
Footnotes
The Hebrew *'eshet lappidot* is grammatically ambiguous: it can mean 'wife of Lappidoth' (a personal name meaning 'torches') or 'a woman of flames/torches'—a vivid character description. Since no husband named Lappidoth appears anywhere else in the narrative, many scholars favour the latter reading. FOG takes the conventional literal rendering ('wife of Lappidot'); FOG Message surfaces the latent image ('a woman ablaze'). The feminine participle *shofetah* is given without qualification—Devorah holds the full judicial office, not a subordinate role.
