H9002–/וְ–v

And the Philistines say, `Who hath done this?' And they say, `Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken away his wife, and giveth her to his companion;' and the Philistines go up, and burn her and her father with fire.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samson saith to them, `Though ye do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterwards I cease!'

וְאַחַ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And three thousand men of Judah go down unto the cleft of the rock Etam, and say to Samson, `Hast thou now known that the Philistines are rulers over us? and what `is' this thou hast done to us?' And he saith to them, `As they did to me, so I did to them.'

וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

And they speak to him, saying, No, but we certainly bind thee, and have given thee into their hand, and we certainly do not put thee to death;' and they bind him with two thick bands, new ones, and bring him up from the rock.

וְהָמֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

He hath come unto Lehi -- and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him -- and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and the thick bands which `are' on his arms are as flax which they burn with fire, and his bands are wasted from off his hands,

וּפִלְשִׁתִּ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

and he thirsteth exceedingly, and calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Thou -- Thou hast given by the hand of Thy servant this great salvation; and now, I die with thirst, and have fallen into the hand of the uncircumcised.'

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samson lieth down till the middle of the night, and riseth in the middle of the night, and layeth hold on the doors of the gate of the city, and on the two side posts, and removeth them with the bar, and putteth on his shoulders, and taketh them up unto the top of the hill, which `is' on the front of Hebron.

וּבִשְׁתֵּ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

And it cometh to pass afterwards that he loveth a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name `is' Delilah,

וּשְׁמָ֖הּ (וּ) u. “and”

and the princes of the Philistines come up unto her, and say to her, `Entice him, and see wherein his great power `is', and wherein we are able for him -- and we have bound him to afflict him, and we -- we give to thee, each one, eleven hundred silverlings.'

וּרְאִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבַמֶּה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וּמֵאָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, wherein thy great power `is', and wherewith thou art bound, to afflict thee.'

וּבַמֶּ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

And the ambush is abiding with her in an inner chamber, and she saith unto him, `Philistines `are' upon thee, Samson;' and he breaketh the withs as a thread of tow is broken in its smelling fire, and his power hath not been known.

וְהָאֹרֵ֗ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, `Philistines `are' upon thee, Samson;' and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread.

וְהָאֹרֵ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And she fixeth `it' with the pin, and saith unto him, `Philistines `are' upon thee, Samson;' and he awaketh out of his sleep, and journeyeth with the pin of the weaving machine, and with the web.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And she saith unto him, `How dost thou say, I have loved thee, and thy heart is not with me? these three times thou hast played upon me, and hast not declared to me wherein thy great power `is'.'

וְלִבְּךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and she saith, `Philistines `are' upon thee, Samson;' and he awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, `I go out as time by time, and shake myself;' and he hath not known that Jehovah hath turned aside from off him.

וְאִנָּעֵ֔ר (וְ) ve. “so”וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

and the princes of the Philistines have been gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; and they say, `Our god hath given into our hand Samson our enemy.'

וְסַרְנֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”

And the people see him, and praise their god, for they said, `Our god hath given in our hand our enemy, and he who is laying waste our land, and who multiplied our wounded.'

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

And it cometh to pass, when their heart `is' glad, that they say, `Call for Samson, and he doth play before us;' and they call for Samson out of the prison-house, and he playeth before them, and they cause him to stand between the pillars.

וִישַֽׂחֶק־ (וִ) vi. “so”

And Samson saith unto the young man who is keeping hold on his hand, `Let me alone, and let me feel the pillars on which the house is established, and I lean upon them.'

וַהֲמִשֵׁ֙נִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְאֶשָּׁעֵ֖ן (וְ) ve. “so”

And the house hath been full of men and of women, and thither `are' all the princes of the Philistines, and on the roof `are' about three thousand men and women, who are looking on the playing of Samson.

וְהַבַּ֗יִת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנָּשִׁ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁ֕מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִשָּׁ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samson calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this time, O God; and I am avenged -- vengeance at once -- because of my two eyes, on the Philistines.'

וְחַזְּקֵ֨נִי (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִנָּקְמָ֧ה (וְ) ve. “so”

And Samson turneth aside `to' the two middle pillars, on which the house is established, and on which it is supported, `to' the one with his right hand, and one with his left;

וְאֶחָ֥ד (וְ) ve. “and”

and Samson saith, `Let me die with the Philistines,' and he inclineth himself powerfully, and the house falleth on the princes, and on all the people who `are' in it, and the dead whom he hath put to death in his death are more than those whom he put to death in his life.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And his brethren come down, and all the house of his father, and lift him up, and bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying-place of Manoah his father; and he hath judged Israel twenty years.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵ֣ין (וּ) u. “and”וְה֛וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name `is' Micah,

וּשְׁמ֥וֹ (וּ) u. “and”