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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;

הַמִּשְׁתֶּה֙ (הַ) ha. “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.

מֵהָֽאֹכֵל֙ (הָֽ) ha. “the”הַחִידָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “the”

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?

הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַ֣חִידָ֔ה (הַ֣) ha. “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

הַֽחִידָ֥ה (הַֽ) ha. “the”

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.

הַיָּמִ֔ים (הַ) hai. “the”הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה (הַ) ha. “the”הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַחִידָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “the”

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

הָעִ֜יר (הָ) ha. “the”הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַחַ֔רְסָה (הַ) ha. “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

הַחֲלִיפ֔וֹת (הַ) ha. “the”הַחִידָ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<of> 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.

הֶחָ֑דְרָה (הֶ) he. “the”

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.

הַקְּטַנָּה֙ (הַ) ha. “<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.

הַפַּ֖עַם (הַ) ha. “this”

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;

הַזְּנָב֖וֹת (הַ) ha. “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.

הַתִּמְנִ֔י (הַ) ha. “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.

הַסָּֽלַע׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

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.

הָעֲבֹתִ֜ים (הָ) ha. “the”

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.

הַחֲמ֔וֹר (הַ) ha. “the”הַחֲמ֔וֹר (הַ) ha. “the”

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

הַלְּחִ֖י (הַ) ha. “the”הַה֖וּא (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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

הַתְּשׁוּעָ֥ה (הַ) ha. “the”הַגְּדֹלָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַזֹּ֑את (הַ) ha. “<the>”הָעֲרֵלִֽים׃ (הָ) ha. “the”

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.

הַמַּכְתֵּ֣שׁ (הַ) ha. “the”הַיּ֥וֹם (הַ) hai. “the”הַזֶּֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “<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.

הַלַּ֖יְלָה (הַ) ha. “the”הָעִ֑יר (הָ) ha. “the”הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַבֹּ֖קֶר (הַ) ha. “the”

And Samson was there till the middle of the night; then he got up, and took a grip on the doors of the town, pulling them up, together with their two supports and their locks, and put them on his back and took them up to the top of the hill in front of H

הַלַּיְלָה֒ (הַ) ha. “the”הַלַּ֗יְלָה (הַ) ha. “the”הָעִיר֙ (הָ) ha. “the”הַמְּזוּז֔וֹת (הַ) ha. “the”הַבְּרִ֔יחַ (הַ) ha. “the”הָהָ֔ר (הָ) ha. “the”

And Samson said to her, If seven new bow-cords which have never been made dry are knotted round me, I will become feeble and will be like any other man.

הָאָדָֽם׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”

Now she had men waiting secretly in the inner room; and she said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And the cords were broken by him as a twist of thread is broken when touched by a flame. So the secret of his strength did not come to light.

וְהָאֹרֵ֗ב (הָ) ha. “the”הַיְתָרִ֔ים (הַ) ha “the”הַנְּעֹ֙רֶת֙ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

And he said to her, If they only put round me new thick cords which have never been used, then I will become feeble and will be like any other man.

הָאָדָֽם׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”

So Delilah took new thick cords, knotting them tightly round him, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And men were waiting secretly in the inner room. And the cords were broken off his arms like threads.

וְהָאֹרֵ֖ב (הָ) ha. “the”

Then Delilah said to Samson, Up to now you have made sport of me with false words; now say truly, how may you be put in bands? And he said to her, If you get the seven twists of my hair worked into the cloth you are making and fixed with the pin, I will

הַמַּסָּֽכֶת׃ (הַ) ha. “the”הַקִּיר (הַ) ha. “the”הָאָדָם׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”