Judges 15
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- 1Now a short time after, at the time of the grain-cutting, Samson, taking with him a young goat, went to see his wife; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the bride's room. But her father would not let him go in.
- וַיְהִ֨י
- מִיָּמִ֜ים
- בִּימֵ֣י
- קְצִיר־
- קְצִירke.tzir-[the] harvest ofH7105A
- חִטִּ֗ים
- חִטִּ֗יםchi.Timwheat<s>H2406
- וַיִּפְקֹ֨ד
- שִׁמְשׁ֤וֹן
- שִׁמְשׁ֤וֹןshim.ShonSamsonH8123
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- אִשְׁתּוֹ֙
- בִּגְדִ֣י
- עִזִּ֔ים
- עִזִּ֔ים'i.ZimgoatsH5795
- וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
- אָבֹ֥אָה
- אָבֹ֥אָה'a.Vo.'ahlet me goH0935G
- אֶל־
- אֶל'el-intoH0413
- אִשְׁתִּ֖י
- הֶחָ֑דְרָה
- וְלֹֽא־
- נְתָנ֥וֹ
- אָבִ֖יהָ
- לָבֽוֹא׃
- 2And her father said, It seemed to me that you had only hate for her; so I gave her to your friend: but is not her younger sister fairer than she? so please take her in place of the other.
- וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
- אָבִ֗יהָ
- אָמֹ֤ר
- אָמֹ֤ר'a.Morcertainly <to think>H0559
- אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙
- אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙'a.Mar.tiI thoughtH0559
- כִּי־
- כִּיki-thatH3588A
- שָׂנֹ֣א
- שָׂנֹ֣אsa.No'certainly <to hate>H8130
- שְׂנֵאתָ֔הּ
- וָאֶתְּנֶ֖נָּה
- לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ
- הֲלֹ֨א
- אֲחֹתָ֤הּ
- הַקְּטַנָּה֙
- טוֹבָ֣ה
- טוֹבָ֣הto.VahgoodH2896A
- מִמֶּ֔נָּה
- תְּהִי־
- תְּהִיte.hi-let her belongH1961
- נָ֥א
- נָ֥אna'pleaseH4994
- לְךָ֖
- תַּחְתֶּֽיהָ׃
- 3Then Samson said to them, This time I will give payment in full to the Philistines, for I am going to do them great evil.
- 4So Samson went and got three hundred foxes and some sticks of fire-wood; and he put the foxes tail to tail with a stick between every two tails;
- וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ
- שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן
- שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןshim.ShonSamsonH8123
- וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד
- שְׁלֹשׁ־
- שְׁלֹשׁshe.losh-threeH7969
- מֵא֣וֹת
- מֵא֣וֹתme.'othundred<s>H3967
- שׁוּעָלִ֑ים
- שׁוּעָלִ֑יםshu.'a.LimfoxesH7776
- וַיִּקַּ֣ח
- לַפִּדִ֗ים
- לַפִּדִ֗יםla.pi.DimtorchesH3940
- וַיֶּ֤פֶן
- זָנָב֙
- זָנָב֙za.NavtailH2180
- אֶל־
- אֶל'el-toH0413
- זָנָ֔ב
- זָנָ֔בza.NavtailH2180
- וַיָּ֨שֶׂם
- לַפִּ֥יד
- לַפִּ֥ידla.Pida torchH3940
- אֶחָ֛ד
- אֶחָ֛ד'e.ChadoneH0259
- בֵּין־
- בֵּיןbein-betweenH0996G
- שְׁנֵ֥י
- שְׁנֵ֥יshe.Nei[the] twoH8147
- הַזְּנָב֖וֹת
- בַּתָּֽוֶךְ׃
- 5Then firing the sticks, he let the foxes loose among the uncut grain of the Philistines, and all the corded stems as well as the living grain and the vine-gardens and the olives went up in flames.
- 6Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his friend. So the Philistines came up and had her and her father's house burned.
- וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
- פְלִשְׁתִּים֮
- פְלִשְׁתִּים֮fe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430G
- מִ֣י
- מִ֣יmiwho?H4310
- עָ֣שָׂה
- עָ֣שָׂה'A.sahdid he doH6213A
- זֹאת֒
- זֹאת֒zoTthis [thing]H2063
- וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ
- שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙
- שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙shim.shOnSamsonH8123
- חֲתַ֣ן
- חֲתַ֣ןcha.Tan[the] son-in-law ofH2860
- הַתִּמְנִ֔י
- כִּ֚י
- כִּ֚יkiforH3588A
- לָקַ֣ח
- לָקַ֣חla.Kachhe has takenH3947I
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ
- וַֽיִּתְּנָ֖הּ
- לְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּ
- וַיַּעֲל֣וּ
- פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
- פְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםfe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430G
- וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ
- אוֹתָ֛הּ
- וְאֶת־
- אָבִ֖יהָ
- בָּאֵֽשׁ׃
- 7And Samson said to them, If you go on like this, truly I will take my full payment from you; and that will be the end of it.
- 8And he made an attack on them, driving them in uncontrolled flight, and causing great destruction; then he went away to his safe place in the crack of the rock at Etam.
- 9Then the Philistines went and put up their tents in Judah, all round Lehi.
- וַיַּעֲל֣וּ
- פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
- פְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםfe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430G
- וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ
- בִּיהוּדָ֑ה
- וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּ
- בַּלֶּֽחִי׃
- 10And the men of Judah said, Why have you come up against us? And they said, We have come up to take Samson, and to do to him as he has done to us.
- וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙
- אִ֣ישׁ
- אִ֣ישׁ'ish[the] man ofH0376G
- יְהוּדָ֔ה
- יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063G
- לָמָ֖ה
- עֲלִיתֶ֣ם
- עֲלִיתֶ֣ם'a.li.Temhave you come upH5927G
- עָלֵ֑ינוּ
- וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ
- לֶאֱס֤וֹר
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙
- שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙shim.shOnSamsonH8123
- עָלִ֔ינוּ
- עָלִ֔ינוּ'a.Li.nuwe have come upH5927G
- לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת
- ל֔וֹ
- כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר
- עָ֥שָׂה
- עָ֥שָׂה'A.sahhe didH6213A
- לָֽנוּ׃
- 11Then three thousand of the men of Judah went down to the crack of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Is it not clear to you that the Philistines are our rulers? What is this you have done to us? And he said to them, I only did to them as they did to m(possibly incomplete in the source)
- וַיֵּרְד֡וּ
- שְׁלֹשֶׁת֩
- שְׁלֹשֶׁת֩she.lo.ShetthreeH7969
- אֲלָפִ֨ים
- אֲלָפִ֨ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H0505G
- אִ֜ישׁ
- אִ֜ישׁ'ishmanH0376G
- מִֽיהוּדָ֗ה
- אֶל־
- אֶל'el-toH0413
- סְעִיף֮
- סְעִיף֮se.'If[the] cleft ofH5585
- סֶ֣לַע
- סֶ֣לַעSe.la'[the] rock ofH5553H
- עֵיטָם֒
- עֵיטָם֒'ei.TamEtamH5862G
- וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
- לְשִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן
- הֲלֹ֤א
- יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙
- יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ya.Da'.tado you knowH3045
- כִּֽי־
- כִּֽיki-thatH3588A
- מֹשְׁלִ֥ים
- מֹשְׁלִ֥יםmo.she.Lim[are] rulingH4910
- בָּ֙נוּ֙
- פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
- פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430G
- וּמַה־
- זֹּ֖את
- זֹּ֖אתzotthisH2063
- עָשִׂ֣יתָ
- עָשִׂ֣יתָ'a.Si.tahave you doneH6213A
- לָּ֑נוּ
- וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
- לָהֶ֔ם
- כַּאֲשֶׁר֙
- עָ֣שׂוּ
- עָ֣שׂוּ'A.suthey didH6213A
- לִ֔י
- כֵּ֖ן
- כֵּ֖ןkensoH3651C
- עָשִׂ֥יתִי
- עָשִׂ֥יתִי'a.Si.tiI have doneH6213A
- לָהֶֽם׃
- 12Then they said to him, We have come down to take you and give you up into the hands of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Give me your oath that you will not make an attack on me yourselves.
- וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ
- לוֹ֙
- לֶאֱסָרְךָ֣
- יָרַ֔דְנוּ
- יָרַ֔דְנוּya.Rad.nuwe have come downH3381
- לְתִתְּךָ֖
- בְּיַד־
- פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים
- פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430G
- וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
- לָהֶם֙
- שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן
- שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןshim.ShonSamsonH8123
- הִשָּׁבְע֣וּ
- הִשָּׁבְע֣וּhi.sha.ve.'UswearH7650
- לִ֔י
- פֶּֽן־
- פֶּֽןpen-lestH6435
- תִּפְגְּע֥וּן
- בִּ֖י
- אַתֶּֽם׃
- אַתֶּֽם'a.TemyouH0859D
- 13And they said, No; we will take you and give you up into their hands, but truly we will not put you to death. So knotting two new cords round him they took him up from the rock.
- וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ
- ל֣וֹ
- לֵאמֹ֗ר
- לֹ֚א
- לֹ֚אlo'In-H3808
- כִּֽי־
- כִּֽיki-deedH3588A
- אָסֹ֤ר
- אָסֹ֤ר'a.Sorcertainly <to bind>H0631
- נֶֽאֱסָרְךָ֙
- וּנְתַנּ֣וּךָ
- בְיָדָ֔ם
- וְהָמֵ֖ת
- לֹ֣א
- לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
- נְמִיתֶ֑ךָ
- וַיַּאַסְרֻ֗הוּ
- בִּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙
- עֲבֹתִ֣ים
- עֲבֹתִ֣ים'a.vo.TimropesH5688
- חֲדָשִׁ֔ים
- חֲדָשִׁ֔יםcha.da.ShimnewH2319H
- וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּהוּ
- מִן־
- מִןmin-fromH4480A
- הַסָּֽלַע׃
- 14And when he came to Lehi, the Philistines came out, meeting him with loud cries; then the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and the cords on his arms became like grass which has been burned with fire, and the bands came falling off his hands.
- הוּא־
- הוּאhu'-heH1931
- בָ֣א
- בָ֣אva'[was] comingH0935G
- עַד־
- עַד'ad-toH5704
- לֶ֔חִי
- לֶ֔חִיLe.chiLehiH3896
- וּפִלְשִׁתִּ֖ים
- הֵרִ֣יעוּ
- הֵרִ֣יעוּhe.Ri.'uthey shoutedH7321
- לִקְרָאת֑וֹ
- וַתִּצְלַ֨ח
- עָלָ֜יו
- ר֣וּחַ
- ר֣וּחַRu.ach[the] spirit ofH7307G
- יְהוָ֗ה
- יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068G
- וַתִּהְיֶ֨ינָה
- הָעֲבֹתִ֜ים
- אֲשֶׁ֣ר
- אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH0834A
- עַל־
- עַל'al-[were] onH5921A
- זְרוֹעוֹתָ֗יו
- כַּפִּשְׁתִּים֙
- אֲשֶׁ֣ר
- אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH0834A
- בָּעֲר֣וּ
- בָּעֲר֣וּba.'a.Rupeople have burnedH1197A
- בָאֵ֔שׁ
- וַיִּמַּ֥סּוּ
- אֱסוּרָ֖יו
- מֵעַ֥ל
- יָדָֽיו׃
- הוּא־
- 15And taking up the mouth-bone of an ass newly dead, which he saw by chance on the earth, he put to death a thousand men with it.
- 16And Samson said, With a red ass's mouth-bone I have made them red with blood, with a red ass's mouth-bone I have sent destruction on a thousand men.
- 17And having said these words, he let the mouth-bone go out of his hand; so that place was named Ramath-lehi.
- 18After this, he was in great need of water, and crying out to the Lord, he said, You have given this great salvation by the hand of your servant, and now need of water will be my death; and I will be given into the hands of this people who are without cir(possibly incomplete in the source)
- וַיִּצְמָא֮
- מְאֹד֒
- מְאֹד֒me.'OdveryH3966
- וַיִּקְרָ֤א
- אֶל־
- אֶל'el-toH0413
- יְהוָה֙
- יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068G
- וַיֹּאמַ֔ר
- אַתָּה֙
- אַתָּה֙'a.TahyouH0859A
- נָתַ֣תָּ
- נָתַ֣תָּna.Ta.tayou have givenH5414G
- בְיַֽד־
- עַבְדְּךָ֔
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- הַתְּשׁוּעָ֥ה
- הַגְּדֹלָ֖ה
- הַזֹּ֑את
- וְעַתָּה֙
- אָמ֣וּת
- אָמ֣וּת'a.MutI dieH4191
- בַּצָּמָ֔א
- וְנָפַלְתִּ֖י
- בְּיַ֥ד
- הָעֲרֵלִֽים׃
- 19Then God made a crack in the hollow rock in Lehi and water came out of it; and after drinking, his spirit came back to him and he was strong again; so that place was named En-hakkore; it is in Lehi to this day.
- וַיִּבְקַ֨ע
- אֱלֹהִ֜ים
- אֱלֹהִ֜ים'E.lo.HimGodH0430G
- אֶת־
- אֶת'et-<obj.>H0853
- הַמַּכְתֵּ֣שׁ
- אֲשֶׁר־
- אֲשֶׁר'a.Sher-whichH0834A
- בַּלֶּ֗חִי
- וַיֵּצְא֨וּ
- מִמֶּ֤נּוּ
- מַ֙יִם֙
- מַ֙יִם֙ma.yimwatersH4325G
- וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ
- וַתָּ֥שָׁב
- רוּח֖וֹ
- וַיֶּ֑חִי
- עַל־
- עַל'al-there-H5921A
- כֵּ֣ן׀
- כֵּ֣ןken-foreH3651C
- קָרָ֣א
- קָרָ֣אka.Ra'he calledH7121H
- שְׁמָ֗הּ
- עֵ֤ין
- עֵ֤ין'einEnH5875
- הַקּוֹרֵא֙
- הַקּוֹרֵא֙ha.ko.Re'HakkoreH5875
- אֲשֶׁ֣ר
- אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH0834A
- בַּלֶּ֔חִי
- עַ֖ד
- עַ֖ד'aduntilH5704
- הַיּ֥וֹם
- הַזֶּֽה׃
- 20And he was judge of Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.
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