H9001–/וַ–v

And Samson's wife weepeth for it, and saith, `Thou hast only hated me, and hast not loved me; the riddle thou hast put forth to the sons of my people -- and to me thou hast not declared it;' and he saith to her, `Lo, to my father and to my mother I have not declared `it' -- and to thee I declare `it'!'

וַתֵּבְךְּ֩ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And she weepeth for it the seven days `in' which their banquet hath been, and it cometh to pass on the seventh day that he declareth `it' to her, for she hath distressed him; and she declareth the riddle to the sons of her people.

וַתֵּ֤בְךְּ (וַ) va. “and”וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֶּד־ (וַ) va “and”וַתַּגֵּ֥ד (וַ) va. “and”

And the men of the city say to him on the seventh day, before the sun goeth in: -- `What `is' sweeter than honey? And what stronger than a lion?' And he saith to them: `Unless ye had ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.'

וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and he goeth down to Ashkelon, and smiteth of them thirty men, and taketh their armour, and giveth the changes to those declaring the riddle; and his anger burneth, and he goeth up to the house of his father;

וַתִּצְלַ֨ח (וַ) va. “and”וַיֵּ֨רֶד (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּן֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֣חַר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֖עַל (וַ) va “and”

and Samson's wife becometh his companion's, who `is' his friend.

וַתְּהִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”

And it cometh to pass, after `some' days, in the days of wheat-harvest, that Samson looketh after his wife, with a kid of the goats, and saith, `I go in unto my wife, to the inner chamber;' and her father hath not permitted him to go in,

וַיְהִ֨י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְקֹ֨ד (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and her father saith, I certainly said, that thou didst certainly hate her, and I give her to thy companion; is not her sister -- the young one -- better than she? Let her be, I pray thee, to thee, instead of her.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָאֶתְּנֶ֖נָּה (וָ) va. “and”

And Samson saith of them, `I am more innocent this time than the Philistines, though I am doing with them evil.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Samson goeth and catcheth three hundred foxes, and taketh torches, and turneth tail unto tail, and putteth a torch between the two tails, in the midst,

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּ֤פֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

and kindleth fire in the torches, and sendeth `them' out into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burneth `it' from heap even unto standing corn, even unto vineyard -- olive-yard.

וַיַּבְעֶר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלַּ֖ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּבְעֵ֛ר (וַ) va “and”

And the Philistines say, `Who hath done this?' And they say, `Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken away his wife, and giveth her to his companion;' and the Philistines go up, and burn her and her father with fire.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנָ֖הּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּעֲל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Samson saith to them, `Though ye do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterwards I cease!'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he smiteth them hip and thigh -- a great smiting, and goeth down and dwelleth in the cleft of the rock Etam.

וַיַּ֨ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣רֶד (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֔שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi,

וַיַּעֲל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

and the men of Judah say, `Why have ye come up against us?' and they say, `To bind Samson we have come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.'

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

And three thousand men of Judah go down unto the cleft of the rock Etam, and say to Samson, `Hast thou now known that the Philistines are rulers over us? and what `is' this thou hast done to us?' And he saith to them, `As they did to me, so I did to them.'

וַיֵּרְד֡וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And they say to him, `To bind thee we have come down -- to give thee into the hand of the Philistines.' And Samson saith to them, `Swear to me, lest ye fall upon me yourselves.'

וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And they speak to him, saying, No, but we certainly bind thee, and have given thee into their hand, and we certainly do not put thee to death;' and they bind him with two thick bands, new ones, and bring him up from the rock.

וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”וּנְתַנּ֣וּךָ (וּ) u. “and”וַיַּאַסְרֻ֗הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּהוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

He hath come unto Lehi -- and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him -- and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and the thick bands which `are' on his arms are as flax which they burn with fire, and his bands are wasted from off his hands,

וַתִּצְלַ֨ח (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּהְיֶ֨ינָה (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּמַּ֥סּוּ (וַ) va “and”

and he findeth a fresh jaw-bone of an ass, and putteth forth his hand and taketh it, and smiteth with it -- a thousand men.

וַיִּמְצָ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּחֶ֔הָ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּךְ־ (וַ) va “and”

And Samson saith, `With a jaw-bone of the ass -- an ass upon asses -- with a jaw-bone of the ass I have smitten a thousand men.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass when he finisheth speaking, that he casteth away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and calleth that place Ramath-Lehi;

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלֵ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֛א (וַ) va “and”

and he thirsteth exceedingly, and calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Thou -- Thou hast given by the hand of Thy servant this great salvation; and now, I die with thirst, and have fallen into the hand of the uncircumcised.'

וַיִּצְמָא֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (וַ) va “and”וְנָפַלְתִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And God cleaveth the hollow place which `is' in Lehi, and waters come out of it, and he drinketh, and his spirit cometh back, and he reviveth; therefore hath `one' called its name `The fountain of him who is calling,' which `is' in Lehi unto this day.

וַיִּבְקַ֨ע (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצְא֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ (וַ) va “and”וַתָּ֥שָׁב (וַ) va. “and”וַיֶּ֑חִי (וַ) va “and”

And he judgeth Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֧ט (וַ) va “and”