Deborah’s name translates as “Bee”, taken from the Hebrew root word dabar, also meaning to arrange, speak, subdue. She was married to Lapidoth, whose name means to “shine like a lamp.” She sat under the “palm of Deborah,” as the place of judgment. She used to sit between Ramah which means “high place” and Bethel which means “house of God.” Ephraim is translated as “fruitfulness.” You could say, “Deborah a prophetess, one who speaks, arranges and subdues by the power of God, the wife of Lappidoth, the one who “shines like a lamp”, was judging Israel at that time and she used to sit under the palm of Deborah, the place of righteousness, between the high place and seat of idolatry and the house of God, on the hill country of fruitfulness, and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.” Deborah’s job was to declare God’s will to His people and to keep them from going astray.
Our hope with this Palm of Deborah blog is to be a voice for the Lord to speak into His people and facilitate the bringing of an open Heaven where miracles, signs and wonders become our new normal!