H9033–וֹ–o

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

לֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “him”

After a while, at the time of wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife with a kid; and he said, "I will go in to my wife in the chamber." But her father would not allow him to go in.

נְתָנ֥וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And the men of Judah said, "Why have you come up against us?" They said, "We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he did to us."

ל֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And they said to him, "We have come down to bind you, that we may give you into the hands of the Philistines." And Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you will not fall upon me yourselves."

לוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “him”

They said to him, "No; we will only bind you and give you into their hands; we will not kill you." So they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.

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

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the ropes which were on his arms became as flax that has caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands.

לִקְרָאת֑וֹ (וֹ) o “him”עָלָ֜יו (ו) v “him”

And God split open the hollow place that is at Lehi, and there came water from it; and when he drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkor'e; it is at Lehi to this day.

מִמֶּ֤נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “it”

The Gazites were told, "Samson has come here," and they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They kept quiet all night, saying, "Let us wait till the light of the morning; then we will kill him."

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

And the lords of the Philistines came to her and said to her, "Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to subdue him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver."

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

Then the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

וַתַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”

Now she had men lying in wait in an inner chamber. And she said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he snapped the bowstrings, as a string of tow snaps when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.

אֵלָ֔יו (ו) v “him”

So Deli'lah took new ropes and bound him with them, and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And the men lying in wait were in an inner chamber. But he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread.

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

So while he slept, Deli'lah took the seven locks of his head and wove them into the web. And she made them tight with the pin, and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he awoke from his sleep, and pulled away the pin, the loom, and the web.

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

And she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me wherein your great strength lies."

אֵלָ֗יו (ו) v “him”

And when she pressed him hard with her words day after day, and urged him, his soul was vexed to death.

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

She made him sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him.

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

And she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he awoke from his sleep, and said, "I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free." And he did not know that the LORD had left him.

מֵעָלָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with bronze fetters; and he ground at the mill in the prison.

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

And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, "Our god has given our enemy into our hand, the ravager of our country, who has slain many of us."

אֹתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “him”

And when their hearts were merry, they said, "Call Samson, that he may make sport for us." So they called Samson out of the prison, and he made sport before them. They made him stand between the pillars;

אוֹת֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines." Then he bowed with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people that were in it. So the dead whom he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain during his life.

בּ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “it”

Then his brothers and all his family came down and took him and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Esh'ta-ol in the tomb of Mano'ah his father. He had judged Israel twenty years.

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

And he said to his mother, "The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." And his mother said, "Blessed be my son by the LORD."

לְקַחְתִּ֑יו (ו) v “it”

And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, "I consecrate the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore I will restore it to you."

אֲשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “it”

So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a graven image and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah.

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