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? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

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

But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat-harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

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

And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

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

And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

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

Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt 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, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

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

And the men of Judah said, Why have ye come up against us? And they answered, We have come to bind Samson, to do to him as he hath done 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 to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast 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 thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

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

And they spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

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

And Samson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

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

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

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

And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they encompassed him, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning when it is day we shall 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 in what his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

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

And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, in what thy great strength lieth, and with what thou mayest be bound to afflict thee.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (תֹּ֤אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

And Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven green withs, that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

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

(Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber.) And she said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he broke the withs as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (תֹּ֣אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

And Delilah said to Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, with what thou mayest be bound.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (תֹּ֤אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

And he said to her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were used, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

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

Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. (And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber.) And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (תֹּ֤אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

And Delilah said to Samson, hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me with what thou mayest be bound. And he said to her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

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

And she fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (תֹּ֣אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

And she said to him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? Thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me in what thy great strength lieth.

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

That he told her all his heart, and said to her, There hath not come a razor upon my head; for I have been a Nazarite to God from my birth: if I be shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

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

And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath disclosed to me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought money in their hand.

לֵאמֹר֙ (אמֹר֙) Mor “saying”