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And Samson said to them, I will now propose a riddle to you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:

הַמִּשְׁתֶּה֙ (הַ) ha. “the”

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

מֵהָֽאֹכֵל֙ (הָֽ) ha. “the”הַחִידָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “the”

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take what we possess? is it not so?

הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַ֣חִידָ֔ה (הַ֣) ha. “the”

And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast proposed a riddle to the children of my people, and hast not told it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not told it to my father nor to my mother, and shall I tell it to thee?

הַֽחִידָ֥ה (הַֽ) ha. “the”

And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she urged him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

הַיָּמִ֔ים (הַ) hai. “the”הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה (הַ) ha. “the”הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַחִידָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “the”

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.

הָעִ֜יר (הָ) ha. “the”הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַחַ֔רְסָה (הַ) ha. “the”

And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments to them who expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.

הַחֲלִיפ֔וֹת (הַ) ha. “the”הַחִידָ֑ה (הַ) ha. “<of> the”

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.

הֶחָ֑דְרָה (הֶ) he. “the”

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.

הַקְּטַנָּה֙ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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

הַפַּ֖עַם (הַ) ha. “this”

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took fire-brands, and turned tail to tail, and put a fire-brand in the midst between two tails.

הַזְּנָב֖וֹת (הַ) ha. “the”

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.

הַתִּמְנִ֔י (הַ) ha. “the”

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.

הַסָּֽלַע׃ (הַ) ha. “the”

And when he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his the hands.

הָעֲבֹתִ֜ים (הָ) ha. “the”

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.

הַחֲמ֔וֹר (הַ) ha. “the”הַחֲמ֔וֹר (הַ) ha. “the”

And it came to pass when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.

הַלְּחִ֖י (הַ) ha. “the”הַה֖וּא (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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?

הַתְּשׁוּעָ֥ה (הַ) ha. “the”הַגְּדֹלָ֖ה (הַ) ha. “<the>”הַזֹּ֑את (הַ) ha. “<the>”הָעֲרֵלִֽים׃ (הָ) ha. “the”

But God cleaved a hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water out of it; and when he had drank, his spirit came again, and he revived. Wherefore he called the name of it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.

הַמַּכְתֵּ֣שׁ (הַ) ha. “the”הַיּ֥וֹם (הַ) hai. “the”הַזֶּֽה׃ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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.

הַלַּ֖יְלָה (הַ) ha. “the”הָעִ֑יר (הָ) ha. “the”הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ (הַ) ha. “the”הַבֹּ֖קֶר (הַ) ha. “the”

And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of a hill that is before Hebron.

הַלַּיְלָה֒ (הַ) ha. “the”הַלַּ֗יְלָה (הַ) ha. “the”הָעִיר֙ (הָ) ha. “the”הַמְּזוּז֔וֹת (הַ) ha. “the”הַבְּרִ֔יחַ (הַ) ha. “the”הָהָ֔ר (הָ) ha. “the”

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.

הָאָדָֽם׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”

(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.

וְהָאֹרֵ֗ב (הָ) ha. “the”הַיְתָרִ֔ים (הַ) ha “the”הַנְּעֹ֙רֶת֙ (הַ) ha. “<the>”

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.

הָאָדָֽם׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”

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.

וְהָאֹרֵ֖ב (הָ) ha. “the”

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.

הַמַּסָּֽכֶת׃ (הַ) ha. “the”הַקִּיר (הַ) ha. “the”הָאָדָם׃ (הָ) ha. “<the>”