H9023–הוּ–hu

Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

בֵּיתוֹ֒ (וֹ֒) o “his”בִתּוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

And when he saw her, he rent his clothes, and said, "Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me; for I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I cannot take back my vow."

בְּגָדָ֗יו (ו) v “his”

And at the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had made. She had never known a man. And it became a custom in Israel

נִדְר֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he gave in marriage outside his clan, and thirty daughters he brought in from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

לְבָנָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Mano'ah; and his wife was barren and had no children.

וּשְׁמ֣וֹ (וֹ) o “his”וְאִשְׁתּ֥וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

for lo, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from birth; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines."

רֹאשׁ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Then the woman came and told her husband, "A man of God came to me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; I did not ask him whence he was, and he did not tell me his name;

וּמַרְאֵ֕הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”שְׁמ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

but he said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; so then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from birth to the day of his death.'"

מוֹתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

And Mano'ah arose and went after his wife, and came to the man and said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to this woman?" And he said, "I am."

אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Mano'ah said, "Now when your words come true, what is to be the boy's manner of life, and what is he to do?"

וּמַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃ (הוּ) hu “his”

So Mano'ah took the kid with the cereal offering, and offered it upon the rock to the LORD, to him who works wonders.

וְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar while Mano'ah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.

וְאִשְׁתּוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

The angel of the LORD appeared no more to Mano'ah and to his wife. Then Mano'ah knew that he was the angel of the LORD.

אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Mano'ah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, for we have seen God."

אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

But his wife said to him, "If the LORD had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and a cereal offering at our hands, or shown us all these things, or now announced to us such things as these."

אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson; and the boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.

שְׁמ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Then he came up, and told his father and mother, "I saw one of the daughters of the Philistines at Timnah; now get her for me as my wife."

לְאָבִ֣יו (ו) v “his”וּלְאִמּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

But his father and mother said to him, "Is there not a woman among the daughters of your kinsmen, or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me; for she pleases me well."

אָבִ֣יו (ו) v “his”וְאִמּ֗וֹ (וֹ) o “his”אָבִיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”

His father and mother did not know that it was from the LORD; for he was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. At that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

וְאָבִ֨יו (ו) v “his”וְאִמּ֜וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and he came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion roared against him;

וְאָבִ֥יו (ו) v “his”וְאִמּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he tore the lion asunder as one tears a kid; and he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.

בְּיָד֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”לְאָבִ֣יו (ו) v “his”וּלְאִמּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

He scraped it out into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave some to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the carcass of the lion.

כַּפָּ֗יו (ו) v “his”אָבִ֣יו (ו) v “his”אִמּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And his father went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there; for so the young men used to do.

אָבִ֖יהוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ash'kelon and killed thirty men of the town, and took their spoil and gave the festal garments to those who had told the riddle. In hot anger he went back to his father's house.

אַפּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”אָבִֽיהוּ׃ (הוּ) hu “his”

And Samson's wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man.

לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”