H9002–/וְ–v

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.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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."

וְאַחַ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

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."

וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וְהָמֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the ropes which were on his arms became as flax that has caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands.

וּפִלְשִׁתִּ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

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?"

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But Samson lay till midnight, and at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts, and pulled them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that is before Hebron.

וּבִשְׁתֵּ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

After this he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Deli'lah.

וּשְׁמָ֖הּ (וּ) u. “and”

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."

וּרְאִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבַמֶּה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וּמֵאָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

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."

וּבַמֶּ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וְהָאֹרֵ֗ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְהָאֹרֵ֖ב (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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."

וְלִבְּךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he awoke from his sleep, and said, "I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free." And he did not know that the LORD had left him.

וְאִנָּעֵ֔ר (וְ) ve. “so”וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, "Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand."

וְסַרְנֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”

And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, "Our god has given our enemy into our hand, the ravager of our country, who has slain many of us."

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

And when their hearts were merry, they said, "Call Samson, that he may make sport for us." So they called Samson out of the prison, and he made sport before them. They made him stand between the pillars;

וִישַֽׂחֶק־ (וִ) vi. “so”

and Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, "Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them."

וַהֲמִשֵׁ֙נִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְאֶשָּׁעֵ֖ן (וְ) ve. “so”

Now the house was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and on the roof there were about three thousand men and women, who looked on while Samson made sport.

וְהַבַּ֗יִת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנָּשִׁ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁ֕מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִשָּׁ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Samson called to the LORD and said, "O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be avenged upon the Philistines for one of my two eyes."

וְחַזְּקֵ֨נִי (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִנָּקְמָ֧ה (וְ) ve. “so”

And Samson grasped the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and he leaned his weight upon them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other.

וְאֶחָ֥ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines." Then he bowed with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people that were in it. So the dead whom he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain during his life.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then his brothers and all his family came down and took him and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Esh'ta-ol in the tomb of Mano'ah his father. He had judged Israel twenty years.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵ֣ין (וּ) u. “and”וְה֛וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

There was a man of the hill country of E'phraim, whose name was Micah.

וּשְׁמ֥וֹ (וּ) u. “and”