H3808–לֹא–lo

then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.

וְלֹ֤א (לֹ֤א) Lo' “not”

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

וְלֹ֣א (לֹ֣א) Lo' “not”

for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”

Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

וְלֹ֤א (לֹ֤א) Lo' “not”לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”

She may not eat of anything that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

And the angel of Jehovah said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto Jehovah. For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of Jehovah.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”לֹא־ lo'- “not”

But the angel of Jehovah did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Jehovah.

וְלֹא־ (לֹא) lo'- “not”

But his wife said unto him, If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

But his father and his mother knew not that it was of Jehovah; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid; and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.

וְלֹ֤א (לֹ֤א) Lo' “not”

And he took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave unto them, and they did eat: but he told them not that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.

וְלֹֽא־ (לֹֽא) lo'- “not”

but if ye cannot declare it unto me, then shall ye give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.

לֹ֣א lo' “not”

And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth food, And out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days declare the riddle.

וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to impoverish us? is it not [supplied: so]?

הֲלֹֽא׃ (לֹֽא) Lo' “[is it] not [so]”

And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell thee?

וְלֹ֣א (לֹ֣א) Lo' “not”לֹ֣א lo' “not”לֹ֥א lo' “not”

And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.

לֹ֥א lo' “not”

But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

וְלֹֽא־ (לֹֽא) lo'- “not”

And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

הֲלֹ֨א (לֹ֨א) Lo' “not”

Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what then is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

הֲלֹ֤א (לֹ֤א) Lo' “not”

And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.

לֹ֚א lo' “In-”לֹ֣א lo' “not”

And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”

Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

לֹא־ lo'- “not”

Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withes, as a string of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

וְלֹ֥א (לֹ֥א) Lo' “not”

And he said unto her, If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.

לֹֽא־ lo'- “not”