H9001–/וַ–v

And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah: 'Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD: 'I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee.'

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah: 'Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD.' For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of the LORD.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD: 'What is thy name, that when thy words come to pass we may do thee honour?'

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

And the angel of the LORD said unto him: 'Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is hidden?'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So Manoah took the kid with the meal-offering, and offered it upon the rock unto the LORD; and the angel did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on.

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

For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar; and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.

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

And Manoah said unto his wife: 'We shall surely die, because we have seen God.'

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But his wife said unto him: 'If the LORD were pleased to kill us, He would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would He have shown us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.'

וַתֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson; and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.

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

And the spirit of the LORD began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

וַתָּ֙חֶל֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And 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 he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said: 'I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore get her for me to wife.'

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

Then his father and his mother said unto him: 'Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines?' And Samson said unto his father: 'Get her for me; for she

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

Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah; and, behold, a young lion roared against him.

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

And the spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as one would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand; but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.

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

And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.

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

And after a while he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion; and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.

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

And he scraped it out into his hands, and went on, eating as he went, and he came to his father and mother, and gave unto them, and they did eat; but he told them not that he had scraped the honey out of 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”

And his father went down unto the woman; and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.

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

And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

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

And Samson said unto them: 'Let me now put forth a riddle unto you; if ye can declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment;

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

but if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment.' And they said unto him: 'Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.'

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

And he said unto them: Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days declare the riddle.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife: 'Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire; have ye called us hither to impoverish us?'

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