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Then after a time he went back to take her; and turning from the road to see the dead body of the lion, he saw a mass of bees in the body of the lion, and honey there.

לְקַחְתָּ֔הּ (לְ) le. “to”לִרְא֔וֹת (לִ) li “to”

And he took the honey in his hand, and went on, tasting it on the way; and when he came to his father and mother he gave some to them; but did not say that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before the seven days of the feast are over, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing;

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”לִ֜י (לִ֜) l “to <the>”לָכֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

But if you are not able to give me the answer, then you will have to give me thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing. And they said to him, Put your hard question and let us see what it is.

לְהַגִּ֣יד (לְ) le. “to”לִי֒ (לִ) l “to <the>”לִי֙ (לִ) l “to <the>”ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to <the>”

And he said, Out of the taker of food came food, and out of the strong came the sweet. And at the end of three days they were still not able to give the answer.

לָהֶ֗ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לְהַגִּ֥יד (לְ) le. “to”

So on the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, Get from your husband the answer to his question by some trick or other, or we will have you and your father's house burned with fire; did you get us here to take all we have?

לְאֵֽשֶׁת־ (לְ) le. “to”לָ֙נוּ֙ (לָ֙) la. “to <the>”הַלְיָרְשֵׁ֕נוּ (לְ) l. “to”לָ֖נוּ (לָ֖) La. “<to> <the>”

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

לִבְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “to”וְלִ֖י (לִ֖) L “to <the>”לָ֗הּ (לָ֗) La “to <the>”לְאָבִ֧י (לְ) le. “to”וּלְאִמִּ֛י (לְ) le. “to”וְלָ֥ךְ (לָ֥) La “to <the> [why]”

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.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לָהּ֙ (לָ) la “to <the>”לִבְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “to”

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

לוֹ֩ (ל) l “to <the>”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

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

לְמַגִּידֵ֖י (לְ) le. “to”

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

לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ (לְ) le. “to”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to <the>”

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.

לָבֽוֹא׃ (לָ) la. “to”

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.

לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ (לְ) le. “to”לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to <the>”

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.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

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.

לְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּ (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

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.

לָמָ֖ה (לָ) la. “<to>”לֶאֱס֤וֹר (לֶ) le. “to”לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת (לַ) la. “to”ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to <the>”לָֽנוּ׃ (לָֽ) La. “to <the>”

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

לְשִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן (לְ) le. “to”לָּ֑נוּ (לָּ֑) La. “to <the>”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to <the>”לָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

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.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to <the>”לֶאֱסָרְךָ֣ (לֶ) le. “to”לְתִתְּךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to”לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to <the>”

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.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to <the>”לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

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.

לִקְרָאת֑וֹ (לִ) li “to”

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

לְדַבֵּ֔ר (לְ) le. “to”לַמָּק֥וֹם (לַ) la. “<to> the”

And it was said to the Gazites, Samson is here. So they went round, watching for him all day at the doorway of the town, but at night they kept quiet, saying, When daylight comes we will put him to death.

לַֽעַזָּתִ֣ים׀ (לַֽ) la. “to the”לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “for <the>”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And the chiefs of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Make use of your power over him and see what is the secret of his great strength, and how we may get the better of him, and put bands on him, so that we may make him feeble; and every one

לָ֜הּ (לָ֜) la “to <the>”ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to <the>”לְעַנֹּת֑וֹ (לְ) le. “to”לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”

So Delilah said to Samson, Make clear to me now what is the secret of your great strength, and how you may be put in bands and made feeble.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to <the>”לְעַנּוֹתֶֽךָ׃ (לְ) le. “to”