H9033–וֹ–o

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

לֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “him”

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.

נְתָנ֥וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

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.

ל֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

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 (וֹ֙) o “him”

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 (וֹ) o “him”וַיַּאַסְרֻ֗הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּהוּ (הוּ) hu “him”

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 (וֹ) o “him”עָלָ֜יו (ו) v “him”

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.

מִמֶּ֤נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “it”

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.

ל֥וֹ (וֹ) o “him”וַהֲרְגְנֻֽהוּ׃ (הוּ) hu “him”

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

אוֹת֗וֹ (וֹ) o “him”ל֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”וַאֲסַרְנֻ֖הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”לְעַנֹּת֑וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

So the chiefs of the Philistines gave her seven new bow-cords which had never been made dry, and she had them tightly knotted round him.

וַתַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”

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.

אֵלָ֔יו (ו) v “him”

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.

וַתַּאַסְרֵ֣הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”אֵלָיו֙ (ו֙) v “him”

So while he was sleeping she got the seven twists of his hair worked into her cloth and fixed with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. Then awaking from his sleep, he got up quickly, pulling up cloth and machine together.

וַתְּיַשְּׁנֵהוּ (הוּ) hu “him”אֵלָ֔יו (ו) v “him”

And she said to him, Why do you say you are my lover when your heart is not mine? Three times you have made sport of me, and have not made clear to me the secret of your great strength.

אֵלָ֗יו (ו) v “him”

So day after day she gave him no peace, for ever questioning him till his soul was troubled to death.

לּ֧וֹ (וֹ) o “him”וַתְּאַֽלֲצֵ֑הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”

And she made him go to sleep on her knees; and she sent for a man and had his seven twists of hair cut off; and while it was being done he became feeble and his strength went from him.

וַתְּיַשְּׁנֵ֙הוּ֙ (הוּ֙) hu “him”לְעַנּוֹת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”מֵעָלָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

Then she said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And awaking from his sleep, he said, I will go out as at other times, shaking myself free. But he was not conscious that the Lord had gone from him.

מֵעָלָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

So the Philistines took him and put out his eyes; then they took him down to Gaza, and, chaining him with bands of brass, put him to work crushing grain in the prison-house.

וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּהוּ (הוּ) hu “him”אוֹת֜וֹ (וֹ) o “him”וַיַּאַסְר֙וּהוּ֙ (הוּ֙) hu “him”

And when the people saw him, they gave praise to their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands the one who was fighting against us, who made our country waste, and who put great numbers of us to death.

אֹתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “him”

Now when their hearts were full of joy, they said, Send for Samson to make sport for us. And they sent for Samson out of the prison-house, and he made sport before them; and they put him between the pillars.

אוֹת֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And Samson said, Let death overtake me with the Philistines. And he put out all his strength, and the house came down on the chiefs and on all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he sent to destruction by his death were more than all those on who

בּ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “it”

Then his brothers and his father's people came down and took him up and put his body to rest in the earth between Zorah and Eshtaol in the resting-place of Manoah his father. And he had been judge of Israel for twenty years.

אֹתוֹ֒ (וֹ֒) o “him”אוֹת֗וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about which you took an oath and said in my hearing, I have given this silver to the Lord from my hand for myself, to make a pictured image and a metal image: see,

לְקַחְתִּ֑יו (ו) v “it”

And he gave back the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, and his mother said, I have made the silver holy to the Lord from me for my son, to make a pictured image and a metal image.

אֲשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “it”

So he gave the silver back to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a metal-worker who made a pictured image and a metal image from them: and it was in the house of Micah.

וַתִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ (הוּ) hu “it”וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ (הוּ֙) hu “it”