Judges 14

Shimshon demands a Pelishti wife from Timnah; en route he kills a lion, later finds honey in its carcass and poses a riddle at the wedding feast, killing thirty Pelishtim in Ashqelon to pay when they cheat using his wife's betrayal.[1][4]

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and he went up and he ascended and told and he made known to his father to his father and to his mother and to his mother and said and he declared a woman a woman I have seen I have seen in Timnah toward Assigned-Portion (Timnah) from the daughters from the daughters of of the Philistines Invader-men (Pelishtites) and now and now (at this time) get Take, you men! her her/it for me — as a wife to a woman
Verse 2 וַ/יַּ֗עַל 𐤅/𐤉𐤏𐤋 vayaal and he went up and he ascended HC/Vqw3ms וַ/יַּגֵּד֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤂𐤃 vayaged and told and he made known HC/Vhw3ms לְ/אָבִ֣י/ו 𐤋/𐤀𐤁𐤉/𐤅 leaviv to his father to his father HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms וּ/לְ/אִמּ֔/וֹ 𐤅/𐤋/𐤀𐤌/𐤅 uleimo and to his mother and to his mother HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp3ms וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vayomer and said and he declared HC/Vqw3ms אִשָּׁ֛ה 𐤀𐤔𐤄 ishah a woman a woman HNcfsa רָאִ֥יתִי 𐤓𐤀𐤉𐤕𐤉 raiti I have seen I have seen HVqp1cs בְ/תִמְנָ֖תָ/ה 𐤁/𐤕𐤌𐤍𐤕/𐤄 vetimenatah in Timnah toward Assigned-Portion (Timnah) HR/Np/Sd מִ/בְּנ֣וֹת 𐤌/𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤕 mibenot from the daughters from the daughters of HR/Ncfpc פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים 𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 pelishetim of the Philistines Invader-men (Pelishtites) HNgmpa וְ/עַתָּ֕ה 𐤅/𐤏𐤕𐤄 veatah and now and now (at this time) HC/D קְחוּ 𐤒𐤇𐤅 qechu get Take, you men! HVqv2mp אוֹתָ֥/הּ 𐤀𐤅𐤕/𐤄 otah her her/it HTo/Sp3fs לִּ֖/י 𐤋/𐤉 li for me HR/Sp1cs לְ/אִשָּֽׁה 𐤋/𐤀𐤔𐤄 leishah as a wife to a woman HR/Ncfsa
and he said and he declared to him — his father his father and his mother and his mother is there not Is there no…? among daughters among the daughters of of your brothers your brothers or among all and in every my people my kin-people a woman a woman that for (as reason or ground) you you (masculine singular) go walking one to take to take a wife a woman from Philistines from the Invaders the uncircumcised the foreskinned ones and he said and he declared Samson Sun-Man to toward his father his father her her/it get Take! for me — for for (as reason or ground) she she (herself) is right she was upright in my eyes in my eyes
Verse 3 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vayomer and he said and he declared HC/Vqw3ms ל֜/וֹ 𐤋/𐤅 lo to him HR/Sp3ms אָבִ֣י/ו 𐤀𐤁𐤉/𐤅 aviv his father his father HNcmsc/Sp3ms וְ/אִמּ֗/וֹ 𐤅/𐤀𐤌/𐤅 veimo and his mother and his mother HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms הַ/אֵין֩ 𐤄/𐤀𐤉𐤍 haeyn is there not Is there no…? HTi/Tn בִּ/בְנ֨וֹת 𐤁/𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤕 bivenot among daughters among the daughters of HR/Ncfpc אַחֶ֤י/ךָ 𐤀𐤇𐤉/𐤊 acheykha of your brothers your brothers HNcmpc/Sp2ms וּ/בְ/כָל 𐤅/𐤁/𐤊𐤋 uvekhal or among all and in every HC/R/Ncmsc עַמִּ/י֙ 𐤏𐤌/𐤉 ami my people my kin-people HNcmsc/Sp1cs אִשָּׁ֔ה 𐤀𐤔𐤄 ishah a woman a woman HNcfsa כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki that for (as reason or ground) HC אַתָּ֤ה 𐤀𐤕𐤄 atah you you (masculine singular) HPp2ms הוֹלֵךְ֙ 𐤄𐤅𐤋𐤊 holekhe go walking one HVqrmsa לָ/קַ֣חַת 𐤋/𐤒𐤇𐤕 laqachat to take to take HR/Vqc אִשָּׁ֔ה 𐤀𐤔𐤄 ishah-2 a wife a woman HNcfsa מִ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים 𐤌/𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 mipelishetim from Philistines from the Invaders HR/Ngmpa הָ/עֲרֵלִ֑ים 𐤄/𐤏𐤓𐤋𐤉𐤌 haarelim the uncircumcised the foreskinned ones HTd/Aampa וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vayomer-2 and he said and he declared HC/Vqw3ms שִׁמְשׁ֤וֹן 𐤔𐤌𐤔𐤅𐤍 shimeshon Samson Sun-Man HNp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward HR אָבִי/ו֙ 𐤀𐤁𐤉/𐤅 aviv-2 his father his father HNcmsc/Sp3ms אוֹתָ֣/הּ 𐤀𐤅𐤕/𐤄 otah her her/it HTo/Sp3fs קַֽח 𐤒𐤇 qach get Take! HVqv2ms לִ֔/י 𐤋/𐤉 li for me HR/Sp1cs כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki-2 for for (as reason or ground) HC הִ֖יא 𐤄𐤉𐤀 hi she she (herself) HPp3fs יָשְׁרָ֥ה 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤄 yasherah is right she was upright HVqp3fs בְ/עֵינָֽ/י 𐤁/𐤏𐤉𐤍/𐤉 veeynay in my eyes in my eyes HR/Ncbdc/Sp1cs
and his father and his father and his mother and his mother not not they knew they came to know that for (as reason or ground) from YHWH from the One Who Is it was she (herself) that for (as reason or ground) an occasion a happening-occasion he he himself was seeking he who is seeking against the Philistines from the Invaders and at the time and in the appointed time that she herself Philistines Invader-men (Pelishtites) were ruling ruling men over Israel in Israel
Verse 4 וְ/אָבִ֨י/ו 𐤅/𐤀𐤁𐤉/𐤅 veaviv and his father and his father HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms וְ/אִמּ֜/וֹ 𐤅/𐤀𐤌/𐤅 veimo and his mother and his mother HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms לֹ֣א 𐤋𐤀 lo not not HTn יָדְע֗וּ 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤅 yadeu they knew they came to know HVqp3cp כִּ֤י 𐤊𐤉 ki that for (as reason or ground) HC מֵ/יְהוָה֙ 𐤌/𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 meyehvah Nyambe (Lozi) from YHWH from the One Who Is HR/Np הִ֔יא 𐤄𐤉𐤀 hi it was she (herself) HPp3fs כִּי 𐤊𐤉 ki-2 that for (as reason or ground) HC תֹאֲנָ֥ה 𐤕𐤀𐤍𐤄 toanah an occasion a happening-occasion HNcfsa הֽוּא 𐤄𐤅𐤀 hu he he himself HPp3ms מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ 𐤌𐤁𐤒𐤔 mevaqesh was seeking he who is seeking HVprmsa מִ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים 𐤌/𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 mipelishetim against the Philistines from the Invaders HR/Ngmpa וּ/בָ/עֵ֣ת 𐤅/𐤁/𐤏𐤕 uvaet and at the time and in the appointed time HC/Rd/Ncbsa הַ/הִ֔יא 𐤄/𐤄𐤉𐤀 hahi that she herself HTd/Pp3fs פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים 𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 pelishetim Philistines Invader-men (Pelishtites) HNgmpa מֹשְׁלִ֥ים 𐤌𐤔𐤋𐤉𐤌 moshelim were ruling ruling men HVqrmpa בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל 𐤁/𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 beyiserael over Israel in Israel HR/Np
went down and he descended Samson Sun-Man and his father and his father and his mother and his mother to Timnah Toward Allotment-Town and they came and they came-in as far as up to the boundary of vineyards of vineyards of Timnah Toward Allotment-Town and behold and look! a young lion a mane-covered young lion of lions fierce lions roaring one who is roaring against him to the encounter of him
Verse 5 וַ/יֵּ֧רֶד 𐤅/𐤉𐤓𐤃 vayered went down and he descended HC/Vqw3ms שִׁמְשׁ֛וֹן 𐤔𐤌𐤔𐤅𐤍 shimeshon Samson Sun-Man HNp וְ/אָבִ֥י/ו 𐤅/𐤀𐤁𐤉/𐤅 veaviv and his father and his father HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms וְ/אִמּ֖/וֹ 𐤅/𐤀𐤌/𐤅 veimo and his mother and his mother HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms תִּמְנָ֑תָ/ה 𐤕𐤌𐤍𐤕/𐤄 timenatah to Timnah Toward Allotment-Town HNp/Sd וַ/יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤁𐤀𐤅 vayavou and they came and they came-in HC/Vqw3mp עַד 𐤏𐤃 ad as far as up to the boundary of HR כַּרְמֵ֣י 𐤊𐤓𐤌𐤉 karemey vineyards of vineyards of HNcbpc תִמְנָ֔תָ/ה 𐤕𐤌𐤍𐤕/𐤄 timenatah-2 Timnah Toward Allotment-Town HNp/Sd וְ/הִנֵּה֙ 𐤅/𐤄𐤍𐤄 vehineh and behold and look! HC/Tm כְּפִ֣יר 𐤊𐤐𐤉𐤓 kefir a young lion a mane-covered young lion HNcmsc אֲרָי֔וֹת 𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤅𐤕 arayot of lions fierce lions HNcmpa שֹׁאֵ֖ג 𐤔𐤀𐤂 shoeg roaring one who is roaring HVqrmsa לִ/קְרָאתֽ/וֹ 𐤋/𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕/𐤅 liqerato against him to the encounter of him HR/Vqc/Sp3ms
came mightily and she surged forward upon him upon him/it Spirit wind-breath YHWH the Being One and he tore him and he split him apart as he would have torn as he tore apart a kid the young goat and nothing and a single thing there was not there-is-no in his hand in his hand but not and not he told he made known his father to his father or his mother and to his mother — (definite object-marker) what that-which he had done the one causing-to-do
Verse 6 וַ/תִּצְלַ֨ח 𐤅/𐤕𐤑𐤋𐤇 vatitselach came mightily and she surged forward HC/Vqw3fs עָלָ֜י/ו 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤅 alayv upon him upon him/it HR/Sp3ms ר֣וּחַ 𐤓𐤅𐤇 rucha Roho (Swahili) Spirit wind-breath HNcbsc יְהוָ֗ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) YHWH the Being One HNp וַֽ/יְשַׁסְּעֵ֨/הוּ֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤎𐤏/𐤄𐤅 vayeshaseehu and he tore him and he split him apart HC/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms כְּ/שַׁסַּ֣ע 𐤊/𐤔𐤎𐤏 keshasa as he would have torn as he tore apart HR/Vpc הַ/גְּדִ֔י 𐤄/𐤂𐤃𐤉 hagedi a kid the young goat HTd/Ncmsa וּ/מְא֖וּמָה 𐤅/𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤌𐤄 umeumah and nothing and a single thing HC/Ncfsa אֵ֣ין 𐤀𐤉𐤍 eyn there was not there-is-no HTn בְּ/יָד֑/וֹ 𐤁/𐤉𐤃/𐤅 beyado in his hand in his hand HR/Ncbsc/Sp3ms וְ/לֹ֤א 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo but not and not HC/Tn הִגִּיד֙ 𐤄𐤂𐤉𐤃 higid he told he made known HVhp3ms לְ/אָבִ֣י/ו 𐤋/𐤀𐤁𐤉/𐤅 leaviv his father to his father HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms וּ/לְ/אִמּ֔/וֹ 𐤅/𐤋/𐤀𐤌/𐤅 uleimo or his mother and to his mother HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp3ms אֵ֖ת 𐤀𐤕 et (definite object-marker) HTo אֲשֶׁ֥ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher what that-which HTr עָשָֽׂה 𐤏𐤔𐤄 asah he had done the one causing-to-do HVqp3ms
and he returned and he turned back after some days from days to take her to your taking her and he turned aside and he caused to turn aside to see to see direct object marker (definite object-marker) the carcass fallen-carcass of of the lion the lion and behold and look! a swarm assembly-of of bees order-moving bees in the body of in the body of the lion the lion and honey and sticky-sweet honey
Verse 8 וַ/יָּ֤שָׁב 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤁 vayashav and he returned and he turned back HC/Vqw3ms מִ/יָּמִים֙ 𐤌/𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 miyamim after some days from days HR/Ncmpa לְ/קַחְתָּ֔/הּ 𐤋/𐤒𐤇𐤕/𐤄 leqachetah to take her to your taking her HR/Vqc/Sp3fs וַ/יָּ֣סַר 𐤅/𐤉𐤎𐤓 vayasar and he turned aside and he caused to turn aside HC/Vqw3ms לִ/רְא֔וֹת 𐤋/𐤓𐤀𐤅𐤕 lireot to see to see HR/Vqc אֵ֖ת 𐤀𐤕 et direct object marker (definite object-marker) HTo מַפֶּ֣לֶת 𐤌𐤐𐤋𐤕 mapelet the carcass fallen-carcass of HNcfsc הָ/אַרְיֵ֑ה 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤄 haareyeh of the lion the lion HTd/Ncmsa וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה 𐤅/𐤄𐤍𐤄 vehineh and behold and look! HC/Tm עֲדַ֧ת 𐤏𐤃𐤕 adat a swarm assembly-of HNcfsc דְּבוֹרִ֛ים 𐤃𐤁𐤅𐤓𐤉𐤌 devorim of bees order-moving bees HNcfpa בִּ/גְוִיַּ֥ת 𐤁/𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤕 bigeviyat in the body of in the body of HR/Ncfsc הָ/אַרְיֵ֖ה 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤄 haareyeh-2 the lion the lion HTd/Ncmsa וּ/דְבָֽשׁ 𐤅/𐤃𐤁𐤔 udevash and honey and sticky-sweet honey HC/Ncmsa
he scraped it and he trod him down into toward his hands his two hollow-palms and went and he walked on going continual going and eating and consuming and he went and he walked on to toward his father his father and to and toward his mother with him and he gave and he gave to them — and they ate and they consumed but not and not he told he made known them — that for (as reason or ground) from the body from the body-of of the lion the lion he had scraped he trod down the honey the sticky-sweet honey
Verse 9 וַ/יִּרְדֵּ֣/הוּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤓𐤃/𐤄𐤅 vayiredehu he scraped it and he trod him down HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3ms אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el into toward HR כַּפָּ֗י/ו 𐤊𐤐𐤉/𐤅 kapayv his hands his two hollow-palms HNcfdc/Sp3ms וַ/יֵּ֤לֶךְ 𐤅/𐤉𐤋𐤊 vayelekhe and went and he walked on HC/Vqw3ms הָלוֹךְ֙ 𐤄𐤋𐤅𐤊 halokhe going continual going HVqa וְ/אָכֹ֔ל 𐤅/𐤀𐤊𐤋 veakhol and eating and consuming HC/Vqa וַ/יֵּ֨לֶךְ֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤋𐤊 vayelekhe-2 and he went and he walked on HC/Vqw3ms אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el-2 to toward HR אָבִ֣י/ו 𐤀𐤁𐤉/𐤅 aviv his father his father HNcmsc/Sp3ms וְ/אֶל 𐤅/𐤀𐤋 veel and to and toward HC/R אִמּ֔/וֹ 𐤀𐤌/𐤅 imo his mother with him HNcfsc/Sp3ms וַ/יִּתֵּ֥ן 𐤅/𐤉𐤕𐤍 vayiten and he gave and he gave HC/Vqw3ms לָ/הֶ֖ם 𐤋/𐤄𐤌 lahem to them HR/Sp3mp וַ/יֹּאכֵ֑לוּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤅 vayokhelu and they ate and they consumed HC/Vqw3mp וְ/לֹֽא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo but not and not HC/Tn הִגִּ֣יד 𐤄𐤂𐤉𐤃 higid he told he made known HVhp3ms לָ/הֶ֔ם 𐤋/𐤄𐤌 lahem-2 them HR/Sp3mp כִּ֛י 𐤊𐤉 ki that for (as reason or ground) HC מִ/גְּוִיַּ֥ת 𐤌/𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤕 migeviyat from the body from the body-of HR/Ncfsc הָ/אַרְיֵ֖ה 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤄 haareyeh of the lion the lion HTd/Ncmsa רָדָ֥ה 𐤓𐤃𐤄 radah he had scraped he trod down HVqp3ms הַ/דְּבָֽשׁ 𐤄/𐤃𐤁𐤔 hadevash the honey the sticky-sweet honey HTd/Ncmsa
and he said and he declared to them — Samson Sun-Man let me propose let me knot forth please pray, now to you — a riddle a pointed riddle if if you declare Make it known! you tell you men shall declare openly it her/it to me — seven seven (of) days days of the feast the drinking-feast and you find and you all have found then I will give and I will give to you — thirty three-tens linen garments enveloping linens and thirty and thirty changes of alternations garments covering-garments
Verse 12 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vayomer and he said and he declared HC/Vqw3ms לָ/הֶם֙ 𐤋/𐤄𐤌 lahem to them HR/Sp3mp שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן 𐤔𐤌𐤔𐤅𐤍 shimeshon Samson Sun-Man HNp אָחֽוּדָה 𐤀𐤇𐤅𐤃𐤄 achudah let me propose let me knot forth HVqh1cs נָּ֥א 𐤍𐤀 na please pray, now HTj לָ/כֶ֖ם 𐤋/𐤊𐤌 lakhem to you HR/Sp2mp חִידָ֑ה 𐤇𐤉𐤃𐤄 chidah a riddle a pointed riddle HNcfsa אִם 𐤀𐤌 im if if HC הַגֵּ֣ד 𐤄𐤂𐤃 haged you declare Make it known! HVha תַּגִּידוּ֩ 𐤕𐤂𐤉𐤃𐤅 tagidu you tell you men shall declare openly HVhi2mp אוֹתָ֨/הּ 𐤀𐤅𐤕/𐤄 otah it her/it HTo/Sp3fs לִ֜/י 𐤋/𐤉 li to me HR/Sp1cs שִׁבְעַ֨ת 𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤕 shiveat seven seven (of) HAcmsc יְמֵ֤י 𐤉𐤌𐤉 yemey days days HNcmpc הַ/מִּשְׁתֶּה֙ 𐤄/𐤌𐤔𐤕𐤄 hamisheteh of the feast the drinking-feast HTd/Ncmsa וּ/מְצָאתֶ֔ם 𐤅/𐤌𐤑𐤀𐤕𐤌 umetsatem and you find and you all have found HC/Vqp2mp וְ/נָתַתִּ֤י 𐤅/𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤉 venatati then I will give and I will give HC/Vqq1cs לָ/כֶם֙ 𐤋/𐤊𐤌 lakhem-2 to you HR/Sp2mp שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤉𐤌 sheloshim thirty three-tens HAcbpa סְדִינִ֔ים 𐤎𐤃𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤌 sedinim linen garments enveloping linens HNcmpa וּ/שְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים 𐤅/𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤉𐤌 usheloshim and thirty and thirty HC/Acbpa חֲלִפֹ֥ת 𐤇𐤋𐤐𐤕 chalifot changes of alternations HNcfpc בְּגָדִֽים 𐤁𐤂𐤃𐤉𐤌 begadim garments covering-garments HNcmpa
but if and if not not you are able you men are able to declare to make known openly to me — then you shall give and you all shall give you you (masculine plural) to me — thirty three-tens linen garments enveloping linens and thirty and thirty changes alternations of clothes covering-garments And they said and the-masculine-plural said to him — Propound Riddle-forth! your riddle your pointed riddle that we may hear it and we will heed her
Verse 13 וְ/אִם 𐤅/𐤀𐤌 veim but if and if HC/C לֹ֣א 𐤋𐤀 lo not not HTn תוּכְלוּ֮ 𐤕𐤅𐤊𐤋𐤅 tukhelu you are able you men are able HVqi2mp לְ/הַגִּ֣יד 𐤋/𐤄𐤂𐤉𐤃 lehagid to declare to make known openly HR/Vhc לִ/י֒ 𐤋/𐤉 li to me HR/Sp1cs וּ/נְתַתֶּ֨ם 𐤅/𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤌 unetatem then you shall give and you all shall give HC/Vqq2mp אַתֶּ֥ם 𐤀𐤕𐤌 atem you you (masculine plural) HPp2mp לִ/י֙ 𐤋/𐤉 li-2 to me HR/Sp1cs שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤉𐤌 sheloshim thirty three-tens HAcbpa סְדִינִ֔ים 𐤎𐤃𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤌 sedinim linen garments enveloping linens HNcmpa וּ/שְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים 𐤅/𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤉𐤌 usheloshim and thirty and thirty HC/Acbpa חֲלִיפ֣וֹת 𐤇𐤋𐤉𐤐𐤅𐤕 chalifot changes alternations HNcfpc בְּגָדִ֑ים 𐤁𐤂𐤃𐤉𐤌 begadim of clothes covering-garments HNcmpa וַ/יֹּ֣אמְרוּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 vayomeru And they said and the-masculine-plural said HC/Vqw3mp ל֔/וֹ 𐤋/𐤅 lo-2 to him HR/Sp3ms ח֥וּדָ/ה 𐤇𐤅𐤃/𐤄 chudah Propound Riddle-forth! HVqv2ms/Sh חִידָתְ/ךָ֖ 𐤇𐤉𐤃𐤕/𐤊 chidatekha your riddle your pointed riddle HNcfsc/Sp2ms וְ/נִשְׁמָעֶֽ/נָּה 𐤅/𐤍𐤔𐤌𐤏/𐤍𐤄 venishemaenah that we may hear it and we will heed her HC/Vqi1cp/Sp3fs
And it was And he became on the day on the day the seventh the seventh (one) and they said and the-masculine-plural said to wife of to the wife of Samson Sun-Man entice you (fem.) have enticed [direct object marker] (definite object-marker) your husband your man that he may declare and he makes-known to us — [direct object marker] (definite object-marker) the riddle the pointed riddle lest lest (in turning-aside) we burn we burn you thee and [direct object marker] and (the very) house of house your father your father (feminine singular) with fire in the fire to possess us to dispossess us you have called you (masculine plural) have called out to us — is it not not
Verse 15 וַ/יְהִ֣י 𐤅/𐤉𐤄𐤉 vayehi And it was And he became HC/Vqw3ms בַּ/יּ֣וֹם 𐤁/𐤉𐤅𐤌 bayom on the day on the day HRd/Ncmsa הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֗י 𐤄/𐤔𐤁𐤉𐤏𐤉 hashevii the seventh the seventh (one) HTd/Aomsa וַ/יֹּאמְר֤וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 vayomeru and they said and the-masculine-plural said HC/Vqw3mp לְ/אֵֽשֶׁת 𐤋/𐤀𐤔𐤕 leeshet to wife of to the wife of HR/Ncfsc שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ 𐤔𐤌𐤔𐤅𐤍 shimeshon Samson Sun-Man HNp פַּתִּ֣י 𐤐𐤕𐤉 pati entice you (fem.) have enticed HVpv2fs אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] (definite object-marker) HTo אִישֵׁ֗/ךְ 𐤀𐤉𐤔/𐤊 ishekhe your husband your man HNcmsc/Sp2fs וְ/יַגֶּד 𐤅/𐤉𐤂𐤃 veyaged that he may declare and he makes-known HC/Vhj3ms לָ֨/נוּ֙ 𐤋/𐤍𐤅 lanu to us HR/Sp1cp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 [direct object marker] (definite object-marker) HTo הַ֣/חִידָ֔ה 𐤄/𐤇𐤉𐤃𐤄 hachidah the riddle the pointed riddle HTd/Ncfsa פֶּן 𐤐𐤍 pen lest lest (in turning-aside) HC נִשְׂרֹ֥ף 𐤍𐤔𐤓𐤐 niserof we burn we burn HVqi1cp אוֹתָ֛/ךְ 𐤀𐤅𐤕/𐤊 otakhe you thee HTo/Sp2fs וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet and [direct object marker] and (the very) HC/To בֵּ֥ית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt house of house HNcmsc אָבִ֖י/ךְ 𐤀𐤁𐤉/𐤊 avikhe your father your father (feminine singular) HNcmsc/Sp2fs בָּ/אֵ֑שׁ 𐤁/𐤀𐤔 baesh with fire in the fire HRd/Ncbsa הַ/לְ/יָרְשֵׁ֕/נוּ 𐤄/𐤋/𐤉𐤓𐤔/𐤍𐤅 haleyareshenu to possess us to dispossess us HTd/R/Vqc/Sp1cp קְרָאתֶ֥ם 𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕𐤌 qeratem you have called you (masculine plural) have called out HVqp2mp לָ֖/נוּ 𐤋/𐤍𐤅 lanu-2 to us HR/Sp1cp הֲ/לֹֽא 𐤄/𐤋𐤀 halo is it not not HTi/Tn
and wept and she wept wife wife of Samson Sun-Man before him upon him/it and said and she said only only you hate me you have hated me and not and not you love me you have loved me the riddle the pointed riddle you have proposed you have knotted forth to sons-of to the sons my people my kin-people and to me — not not you have told you have made known and he said and he declared to her — behold Look! to my father to my father and to my mother and to my mother not not I have told I have made known and to you — shall I tell I will make known openly
Verse 16 וַ/תֵּבְךְּ֩ 𐤅/𐤕𐤁𐤊 vatevekhe and wept and she wept HC/Vqw3fs אֵ֨שֶׁת 𐤀𐤔𐤕 eshet wife wife of HNcfsc שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן 𐤔𐤌𐤔𐤅𐤍 shimeshon Samson Sun-Man HNp עָלָ֗י/ו 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤅 alayv before him upon him/it HR/Sp3ms וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר֙ 𐤅/𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 vatomer and said and she said HC/Vqw3fs רַק 𐤓𐤒 raq only only HTa שְׂנֵאתַ֨/נִי֙ 𐤔𐤍𐤀𐤕/𐤍𐤉 senetani you hate me you have hated me HVqp2ms/Sp1cs וְ/לֹ֣א 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo and not and not HC/Tn אֲהַבְתָּ֔/נִי 𐤀𐤄𐤁𐤕/𐤍𐤉 ahavetani you love me you have loved me HVqp2ms/Sp1cs הַֽ/חִידָ֥ה 𐤄/𐤇𐤉𐤃𐤄 hachidah the riddle the pointed riddle HTd/Ncfsa חַ֨דְתָּ֙ 𐤇𐤃𐤕 chadeta you have proposed you have knotted forth HVqp2ms לִ/בְנֵ֣י 𐤋/𐤁𐤍𐤉 liveney Bene (Bemba) to sons-of to the sons HR/Ncmpc עַמִּ֔/י 𐤏𐤌/𐤉 ami my people my kin-people HNcmsc/Sp1cs וְ/לִ֖/י 𐤅/𐤋/𐤉 veli and to me HC/R/Sp1cs לֹ֣א 𐤋𐤀 lo not not HTn הִגַּ֑דְתָּה 𐤄𐤂𐤃𐤕𐤄 higadetah you have told you have made known HVhp2ms וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vayomer and he said and he declared HC/Vqw3ms לָ֗/הּ 𐤋/𐤄 lah to her HR/Sp3fs הִנֵּ֨ה 𐤄𐤍𐤄 hineh behold Look! HTm לְ/אָבִ֧/י 𐤋/𐤀𐤁/𐤉 leavi to my father to my father HR/Ncmsc/Sp1cs וּ/לְ/אִמִּ֛/י 𐤅/𐤋/𐤀𐤌/𐤉 uleimi and to my mother and to my mother HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp1cs לֹ֥א 𐤋𐤀 lo-2 not not HTn הִגַּ֖דְתִּי 𐤄𐤂𐤃𐤕𐤉 higadeti I have told I have made known HVhp1cs וְ/לָ֥/ךְ 𐤅/𐤋/𐤊 velakhe and to you HC/R/Sp2fs אַגִּֽיד 𐤀𐤂𐤉𐤃 agid shall I tell I will make known openly HVhi1cs
and she wept and she wept over him upon him/it the seven seven (of) days the days that that-which were he has caused-to-be for them — the feast the drinking-feast and it was And he became on the day on the day the seventh the seventh (one) and he told and he made known her — because for (as reason or ground) she pressed him she caused him to be pressed tight and she told and she made known the riddle the pointed riddle to the sons of to the sons her people mother-cubit
Verse 17 וַ/תֵּ֤בְךְּ 𐤅/𐤕𐤁𐤊 vatevekhe and she wept and she wept HC/Vqw3fs עָלָי/ו֙ 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤅 alayv over him upon him/it HR/Sp3ms שִׁבְעַ֣ת 𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤕 shiveat the seven seven (of) HAcmsc הַ/יָּמִ֔ים 𐤄/𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 hayamim days the days HTd/Ncmpa אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher that that-which HTr הָיָ֥ה 𐤄𐤉𐤄 hayah were he has caused-to-be HVqp3ms לָ/הֶ֖ם 𐤋/𐤄𐤌 lahem for them HR/Sp3mp הַ/מִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה 𐤄/𐤌𐤔𐤕𐤄 hamisheteh the feast the drinking-feast HTd/Ncmsa וַ/יְהִ֣י 𐤅/𐤉𐤄𐤉 vayehi and it was And he became HC/Vqw3ms בַּ/יּ֣וֹם 𐤁/𐤉𐤅𐤌 bayom on the day on the day HRd/Ncmsa הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֗י 𐤄/𐤔𐤁𐤉𐤏𐤉 hashevii the seventh the seventh (one) HTd/Aomsa וַ/יַּגֶּד 𐤅/𐤉𐤂𐤃 vayaged and he told and he made known HC/Vhw3ms לָ/הּ֙ 𐤋/𐤄 lah her HR/Sp3fs כִּ֣י 𐤊𐤉 ki because for (as reason or ground) HC הֱצִיקַ֔תְ/הוּ 𐤄𐤑𐤉𐤒𐤕/𐤄𐤅 hetsiqatehu she pressed him she caused him to be pressed tight HVhp3fs/Sp3ms וַ/תַּגֵּ֥ד 𐤅/𐤕𐤂𐤃 vataged and she told and she made known HC/Vhw3fs הַ/חִידָ֖ה 𐤄/𐤇𐤉𐤃𐤄 hachidah the riddle the pointed riddle HTd/Ncfsa לִ/בְנֵ֥י 𐤋/𐤁𐤍𐤉 liveney Bene (Bemba) to the sons of to the sons HR/Ncmpc עַמָּֽ/הּ 𐤏𐤌/𐤄 amah her people mother-cubit HNcmsc/Sp3fs
and they said and the-masculine-plural said to him — men of men of the city the watch-guarded city on the day on the day the seventh the seventh (one) before in not-yet (time) goes he comes the sun toward the scorching sun what what? sweeter sweet than honey from honey and what and what? stronger a strong one than a lion than a lion and he said and he declared to them — if not if-not / were-it-not you had plowed you men have ploughed with my heifer with my heifer-calf not not you had found you men have come upon my riddle my sharp riddle
Verse 18 וַ/יֹּ֣אמְרוּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 vayomeru and they said and the-masculine-plural said HC/Vqw3mp ל/וֹ֩ 𐤋/𐤅 lo to him HR/Sp3ms אַנְשֵׁ֨י 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉 aneshey men of men of HNcmpc הָ/עִ֜יר 𐤄/𐤏𐤉𐤓 hair the city the watch-guarded city HTd/Ncfsa בַּ/יּ֣וֹם 𐤁/𐤉𐤅𐤌 bayom on the day on the day HRd/Ncmsa הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֗י 𐤄/𐤔𐤁𐤉𐤏𐤉 hashevii the seventh the seventh (one) HTd/Aomsa בְּ/טֶ֨רֶם֙ 𐤁/𐤈𐤓𐤌 beterem before in not-yet (time) HR/D יָבֹ֣א 𐤉𐤁𐤀 yavo goes he comes HVqi3ms הַ/חַ֔רְסָ/ה 𐤄/𐤇𐤓𐤎/𐤄 hacharesah the sun toward the scorching sun HTd/Ncmsa/Sd מַה 𐤌𐤄 mah what what? HTi מָּת֣וֹק 𐤌𐤕𐤅𐤒 matoq sweeter sweet HAamsa מִ/דְּבַ֔שׁ 𐤌/𐤃𐤁𐤔 midevash than honey from honey HR/Ncmsa וּ/מֶ֥ה 𐤅/𐤌𐤄 umeh and what and what? HC/Ti עַ֖ז 𐤏𐤆 az stronger a strong one HAamsa מֵ/אֲרִ֑י 𐤌/𐤀𐤓𐤉 meari than a lion than a lion HR/Ncmsa וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vayomer and he said and he declared HC/Vqw3ms לָ/הֶ֔ם 𐤋/𐤄𐤌 lahem to them HR/Sp3mp לוּלֵא֙ 𐤋𐤅𐤋𐤀 lule if not if-not / were-it-not HC חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם 𐤇𐤓𐤔𐤕𐤌 charashetem you had plowed you men have ploughed HVqp2mp בְּ/עֶגְלָתִ֔/י 𐤁/𐤏𐤂𐤋𐤕/𐤉 beegelati with my heifer with my heifer-calf HR/Ncfsc/Sp1cs לֹ֥א 𐤋𐤀 lo-2 not not HTn מְצָאתֶ֖ם 𐤌𐤑𐤀𐤕𐤌 metsatem you had found you men have come upon HVqp2mp חִידָתִֽ/י 𐤇𐤉𐤃𐤕/𐤉 chidati my riddle my sharp riddle HNcfsc/Sp1cs
came mightily and she surged forward upon him upon him/it Spirit wind-breath of YHWH the Being One and he went down and he descended to Ashkelon Weighing-Place and struck and he struck down of them — thirty three-tens men individual man and took and he took [direct object marker] (definite object-marker) their spoil their spoilings and gave and he gave the changes of clothes the alternations to those who declared to proclaimers of the riddle the pointed riddle and burned and he burned hot his anger his nose and he went up and he ascended to the house house of his father his father
Verse 19 וַ/תִּצְלַ֨ח 𐤅/𐤕𐤑𐤋𐤇 vatitselach came mightily and she surged forward HC/Vqw3fs עָלָ֜י/ו 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤅 alayv upon him upon him/it HR/Sp3ms ר֣וּחַ 𐤓𐤅𐤇 rucha Roho (Swahili) Spirit wind-breath HNcbsc יְהוָ֗ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) of YHWH the Being One HNp וַ/יֵּ֨רֶד 𐤅/𐤉𐤓𐤃 vayered and he went down and he descended HC/Vqw3ms אַשְׁקְל֜וֹן 𐤀𐤔𐤒𐤋𐤅𐤍 asheqelon to Ashkelon Weighing-Place HNp וַ/יַּ֥ךְ 𐤅/𐤉𐤊 vayakhe and struck and he struck down HC/Vhw3ms מֵ/הֶ֣ם 𐤌/𐤄𐤌 mehem of them HR/Sp3mp שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים 𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤉𐤌 sheloshim thirty three-tens HAcbpa אִ֗ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish men individual man HNcmsa וַ/יִּקַּח֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤒𐤇 vayiqach and took and he took HC/Vqw3ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] (definite object-marker) HTo חֲלִ֣יצוֹתָ֔/ם 𐤇𐤋𐤉𐤑𐤅𐤕/𐤌 chalitsotam their spoil their spoilings HNcfpc/Sp3mp וַ/יִּתֵּן֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤕𐤍 vayiten and gave and he gave HC/Vqw3ms הַ/חֲלִיפ֔וֹת 𐤄/𐤇𐤋𐤉𐤐𐤅𐤕 hachalifot the changes of clothes the alternations HTd/Ncfpa לְ/מַגִּידֵ֖י 𐤋/𐤌𐤂𐤉𐤃𐤉 lemagidey to those who declared to proclaimers of HR/Vhrmpc הַ/חִידָ֑ה 𐤄/𐤇𐤉𐤃𐤄 hachidah the riddle the pointed riddle HTd/Ncfsa וַ/יִּ֣חַר 𐤅/𐤉𐤇𐤓 vayichar and burned and he burned hot HC/Vqw3ms אַפּ֔/וֹ 𐤀𐤐/𐤅 apo his anger his nose HNcmsc/Sp3ms וַ/יַּ֖עַל 𐤅/𐤉𐤏𐤋 vayaal and he went up and he ascended HC/Vqw3ms בֵּ֥ית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt to the house house HNcmsc אָבִֽי/הוּ 𐤀𐤁𐤉/𐤄𐤅 avihu of his father his father HNcmsc/Sp3ms
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