H0559–אָמַר–a.mar

And Jephthah saith unto them, `A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Ammon, and I call you, and ye have not saved me out of their hand,

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and fighteth with Ephraim, and the men of Gilead smite Ephraim, because they said, `Fugitives of Ephraim `are' ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim -- in the midst of Manasseh.'

אָמְרוּ֙ 'a.me.Ru “they had said”

And Gilead captureth the passages of the Jordan to Ephraim, and it hath been, when `any of' the fugitives of Ephraim say, `Let me pass over,' and the men of Gilead say to him, `An Ephramite thou?' and he saith, `No;'

יֹאמְר֞וּ yo.me.Ru “they said”וַיֹּ֨אמְרוּ (יֹּ֨אמְרוּ) i.Yo.me.ru “they said”וַיֹּ֥אמֶֽר׀ (יֹּ֥אמֶֽר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

that they say to him, `Say, I pray thee, Shibboleth;' and he saith, `Sibboleth,' and is not prepared to speak right -- and they seize him, and slaughter him at the passages of the Jordan, and there fall at that time, of Ephraim, forty and two chiefs.

וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (יֹּ֣אמְרוּ) i.Yo.me.ru “they said”אֱמָר־ 'e.mor- “say”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

and a messenger of Jehovah appeareth unto the woman, and saith unto her, `Lo, I pray thee, thou `art' barren, and hast not borne; when thou hast conceived, then thou hast borne a son.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And the woman cometh and speaketh to her husband, saying, `A man of God hath come unto me, and his appearance `is' as the appearance of a messenger of God, very fearful, and I have not asked him whence he `is', and his name he hath not declared to me;

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (תֹּ֣אמֶר) To.mer “she said”לֵאמֹר֒ (אמֹר֒) Mor “saying”

and he saith to me, Lo, thou art pregnant, and bearing a son, and now do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb till the day of his death.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And Manoah maketh entreaty unto Jehovah, and saith, `O, my Lord, the man of God whom Thou didst send, let him come in, I pray thee, again unto us, and direct us what we do to the youth who is born.'

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (יֹּאמַ֑ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”

and the woman hasteth, and runneth, and declareth to her husband, and saith unto him, `Lo, he hath appeared unto me -- the man who came on `that' day unto me.'

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (תֹּ֣אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

And Manoah riseth, and goeth after his wife, and cometh unto the man, and saith to him, `Art thou the man who spake unto the woman?' and he saith, `I `am'.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And Manoah saith, `Now let thy words come to pass; what is the custom of the youth -- and his work?'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And the messenger of Jehovah saith unto Manoah, `Of all that I said unto the woman let her take heed;

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (יֹּ֛אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָמַ֥רְתִּי 'a.Mar.ti “I said”

And Manoah saith unto the messenger of Jehovah, `Let us detain thee, we pray thee, and prepare before thee a kid of the goats.'

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And the messenger of Jehovah saith unto Manoah, `If thou detain me -- I do not eat of thy bread; and if thou prepare a burnt-offering -- to Jehovah thou dost offer it;' for Manoah hath not known that He `is' a messenger of Jehovah.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (יֹּאמֶר֩) i.yo.Mer “he said”

And Manoah saith unto the messenger of Jehovah, `What `is' thy name? when thy words come to pass, then we have honoured thee.'

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (יֹּ֧אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And the messenger of Jehovah saith to him, `Why `is' this -- thou dost ask for My name? -- and it `is' Wonderful.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And Manoah saith unto his wife, `We certainly die, for we have seen God.'

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (יֹּ֧אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And his wife saith to him, `If Jehovah were desirous to put us to death, He had not received from our hands burnt-offering and present, nor shewed us all these things, nor as `at this' time caused us to hear `anything' like this.'

וַתֹּ֧אמֶר (תֹּ֧אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

and cometh up and declareth to his father, and to his mother, and saith, `A woman I have seen in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines; and now, take her for me for a wife.'

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And his father saith to him -- also his mother, `Is there not among the daughters of thy brethren, and among all my people, a woman, that thou art going to take a woman from the uncircumcised Philistines?' and Samson saith unto his father, `Take her for me, for she is right in mine eyes.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And Samson saith to them, `Let me, I pray you, put forth to you a riddle; if ye certainly declare it to me `in' the seven days of the banquet, and have found `it' out, then I have given to you thirty linen shirts, and thirty changes of garments;

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

and if ye are not able to declare `it' to me, then ye have given to me thirty linen shirts, and thirty changes of garments.' And they say to him, `Put forth thy riddle, and we hear it!'

וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (יֹּ֣אמְרוּ) i.Yo.me.ru “they said”

And he saith to them: `Out of the eater came forth meat, And out of the strong came forth sweetness;' and they were not able to declare the riddle `in' three days.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And it cometh to pass, on the seventh day, that they say to Samson's wife, `Entice thy husband, that he declare to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and the house of thy father with fire; to possess us have ye called for us? is it not?'

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (יֹּאמְר֤וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

And Samson's wife weepeth for it, and saith, `Thou hast only hated me, and hast not loved me; the riddle thou hast put forth to the sons of my people -- and to me thou hast not declared it;' and he saith to her, `Lo, to my father and to my mother I have not declared `it' -- and to thee I declare `it'!'

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (תֹּ֙אמֶר֙) To.mer “she said”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”