H9001–/וַ–v

And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Let the woman take note of what I have said to her.

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Though you keep me I will not take of your food; but if you will make a burned offering, let it be offered to the Lord. For it had not come into Manoah's mind that he was the angel of the Lord.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, What is your name, so that when your words come true we may give you honour?

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְכִבַּדְנֽוּךָ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So Manoah took the young goat with its meal offering, offering it on the rock to the Lord, who did strange things.

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”

And when the flame went up to heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar, while Manoah and his wife were looking on; and they went down on their faces to the earth.

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְּל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But his wife said to him, If the Lord was purposing our death, he would not have taken our burned offering and our meal offering, or have given us such orders about the child.

וַתֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him.

וַתֵּ֤לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּגְדַּ֣ל (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

וַתָּ֙חֶל֙ (וַ) va. “and”

Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines;

וַיֵּ֥רֶד (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥רְא (וַ) va “and”

And when he came back he said to his father and mother, I have seen a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines: get her now for me for my wife.

וַיַּ֗עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֵּד֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then his father and mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of your relations or among all my people, that you have to go for your wife to the Philistines, who are without circumcision? But Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Samson went down to Timnah (and his father and his mother,) and came to the vine-gardens of Timnah; and a young lion came rushing out at him.

וַיֵּ֧רֶד (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the spirit of the Lord came on him with power, and, unarmed as he was, pulling the lion in two as one might do to a young goat, he put him to death; (but he said nothing to his father and mother of what he had done.)

וַתִּצְלַ֨ח (וַ) va. “and”וַֽיְשַׁסְּעֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

So he went down and had talk with the woman; and she was pleasing to Samson.

וַיֵּ֖רֶד (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”וַתִּישַׁ֖ר (וַ) va. “and”

Then after a time he went back to take her; and turning from the road to see the dead body of the lion, he saw a mass of bees in the body of the lion, and honey there.

וַיָּ֤שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣סַר (וַ) va “and”

And he took the honey in his hand, and went on, tasting it on the way; and when he came to his father and mother he gave some to them; but did not say that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.

וַיִּרְדֵּ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֥ן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאכֵ֑לוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Samson went down to the woman, and made a feast there, as was the way among young men.

וַיֵּ֥רֶד (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And he took thirty friends, and they were with him.

וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְחוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּהְי֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before the seven days of the feast are over, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing;

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וּמְצָאתֶ֔ם (וּ) u. “and”וְנָתַתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

But if you are not able to give me the answer, then you will have to give me thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing. And they said to him, Put your hard question and let us see what it is.

וּנְתַתֶּ֨ם (וּ) u. “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”

And he said, Out of the taker of food came food, and out of the strong came the sweet. And at the end of three days they were still not able to give the answer.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So on the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, Get from your husband the answer to his question by some trick or other, or we will have you and your father's house burned with fire; did you get us here to take all we have?

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”