H0559–אָמַר–a.mar

And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" And he said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle."

וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (יֹּ֣אמְרוּ) i.Yo.me.ru “they said”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

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.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (יֹּ֕אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And her father said, "I really thought that you utterly hated her; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Pray take her instead."

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָמֹ֤ר 'a.Mor “certainly <to think>”אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ 'a.Mar.ti “I thought”

And Samson said to them, "This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines, when I do them mischief."

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

Then the Philistines said, "Who has done this?" And they said, "Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife and given her to his companion." And the Philistines came up, and burned her and her father with fire.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (יֹּאמְר֣וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (יֹּאמְר֗וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

And Samson said to them, "If this is what you do, I swear I will be avenged upon you, and after that I will quit."

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

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."

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (יֹּאמְר֗וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?" And he said to them, "As they did to me, so have I done to them."

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (יֹּאמְר֣וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

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."

וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ (יֹּ֤אמְרוּ) i.Yo.me.ru “they said”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

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.

וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ (יֹּ֧אמְרוּ) i.Yo.me.ru “they said”לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”

And Samson said, "With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men."

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And he was very thirsty, and he called on the LORD and said, "Thou hast granted this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant; and shall I now die of thirst, and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?"

וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (יֹּאמַ֔ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”

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."

לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

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."

וַיֹּ֨אמְרוּ (יֹּ֨אמְרוּ) i.Yo.me.ru “they said”

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Please tell me wherein your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could subdue you."

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (תֹּ֤אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

And Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings which have not been dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

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.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (תֹּ֣אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies; please tell me how you might be bound."

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (תֹּ֤אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

And he said to her, "If they bind me with new ropes that have not been used, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

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.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (תֹּ֤אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Until now you have mocked me, and told me lies; tell me how you might be bound." And he said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web and make it tight with the pin, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

וַתֹּ֨אמֶר (תֹּ֨אמֶר) To.mer “she said”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

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.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (תֹּ֣אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

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."

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (תֹּ֣אמֶר) To.mer “she said”תֹּאמַ֣ר to.Mar “will you say”

And he told her all his mind, and said to her, "A razor has never come upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I be shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

When Deli'lah saw that he had told her all his mind, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up this once, for he has told me all his mind." Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hands.

לֵאמֹר֙ (אמֹר֙) Mor “saying”