H9001–/וַ–v

Then Samson's wife, weeping over him, said, Truly you have no love for me but only hate; you have put a hard question to the children of my people and have not given me the answer. And he said to her, See, I have not given the answer even to my father or

וַתֵּבְךְּ֩ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And all the seven days of the feast she went on weeping over him; and on the seventh day he gave her the answer, because she gave him no peace; and she sent word of it to the children of her people.

וַתֵּ֤בְךְּ (וַ) va. “and”וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֶּד־ (וַ) va “and”וַתַּגֵּ֥ד (וַ) va. “and”

Then on the seventh day, before he went into the bride's room, the men of the town said to him, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not been ploughing with my cow you would not have got the answer

וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and he went down to Ashkelon and, attacking thirty men there, took their clothing from them, and gave it to the men who had given the answer to his hard question. Then, full of wrath, he went back to his fa

וַתִּצְלַ֨ח (וַ) va. “and”וַיֵּ֨רֶד (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּן֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֣חַר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֖עַל (וַ) va “and”

But Samson's wife was given to the friend who had been his best man.

וַתְּהִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”

Now 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 (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְקֹ֨ד (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And 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 (וַ) va “and”וָאֶתְּנֶ֖נָּה (וָ) va. “and”

Then Samson said to them, This time I will give payment in full to the Philistines, for I am going to do them great evil.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So 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 (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּ֤פֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

Then 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.

וַיַּבְעֶר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלַּ֖ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּבְעֵ֛ר (וַ) va “and”

Then 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 (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנָ֖הּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּעֲל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And 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.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And 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.

וַיַּ֨ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣רֶד (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֔שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

Then the Philistines went and put up their tents in Judah, all round Lehi.

וַיַּעֲל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And 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 (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then 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

וַיֵּרְד֡וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then 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 (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And 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 (וַ) va “and”וּנְתַנּ֣וּךָ (וּ) u. “and”וַיַּאַסְרֻ֗הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּהוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And 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.

וַתִּצְלַ֨ח (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּהְיֶ֨ינָה (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּמַּ֥סּוּ (וַ) va “and”

And 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.

וַיִּמְצָ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּחֶ֔הָ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּךְ־ (וַ) va “and”

And 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.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And having said these words, he let the mouth-bone go out of his hand; so that place was named Ramath-lehi.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלֵ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֛א (וַ) va “and”

After 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

וַיִּצְמָא֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (וַ) va “and”וְנָפַלְתִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

Then 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 (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצְא֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ (וַ) va “and”וַתָּ֥שָׁב (וַ) va. “and”וַיֶּ֑חִי (וַ) va “and”

And he was judge of Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֧ט (וַ) va “and”