Focused Passage

Judges 15:1-3

Samson's Retaliation, Judah's Surrender, and the LORD's Deliverance at Lehi

From a broken marriage visit and retaliatory crop burning, through Philistine revenge and Judah's surrender of Samson, to Spirit-empowered victory with a jawbone and the LORD's mercy in providing water to His exhausted servant.

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1Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter.

2“I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”

3Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines.”

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Verse 1

Original words

Later onוַיְהִ֨יH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular. . .מִיָּמִ֜יםH3117Preposition-m | Noun - masculine pluralat the timeבִּימֵ֣יH3117Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural constructof the wheatחִטִּ֗יםH2406Noun - feminine pluralharvestקְצִיר־H7105Noun - masculine singular constructSamsonשִׁמְשׁ֤וֹןH8123Noun - proper - masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markertookבִּגְדִ֣יH1423Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructa young goatעִזִּ֔יםH5795Noun - feminine pluraland went to visitוַיִּפְקֹ֨דH6485Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularhis wifeאִשְׁתּוֹ֙H802Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularI want to goאָבֹ֥אָהH935Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singulartoאֶל־H413Prepositionmy wifeאִשְׁתִּ֖יH802Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularin her roomהֶחָ֑דְרָהH2315Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singularhe saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularBut her fatherאָבִ֖יהָH1Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularwould notוְלֹֽא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particlelet himנְתָנ֥וֹH5414Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singularenterלָבֽוֹא׃H935Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Verse 2

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I was sureוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular. . .אָמֹ֤רH559Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolutethatכִּי־H3588Conjunctionyou thoroughly hated herשָׂנֹ֣אH8130Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute. . .שְׂנֵאתָ֔הּH8130Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singularsaidאָמַ֙רְתִּי֙H559Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularher fatherאָבִ֗יהָH1Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularso I gave herוָאֶתְּנֶ֖נָּהH5414Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singularto one of the men who accompanied youלְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָH4828Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularIs notהֲלֹ֨אH3808Adverb - Negative particleher youngerהַקְּטַנָּה֙H6996Article | Adjective - feminine singularsisterאֲחֹתָ֤הּH269Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singularmore beautifulטוֹבָ֣הH2896Adjective - feminine singularthan sheמִמֶּ֔נָּהH4480Preposition | third person feminine singularPleaseנָ֥אH4994Interjectiontake herתְּהִי־H1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singularinsteadתַּחְתֶּֽיהָ׃H8478Preposition | third person feminine singular
Verse 3

Original words

Samsonשִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןH8123Noun - proper - masculine singularsaidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularto themלָהֶם֙Preposition | third person masculine pluralThis timeהַפַּ֖עַםH6471Article | Noun - feminine singularI will be blamelessנִקֵּ֥יתִיH5352Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular-כִּֽי־H3588Conjunction-אֲנִ֛יH589Pronoun - first person common singular-עִמָּ֖םH5973Preposition | third person masculine pluralin doingעֹשֶׂ֥הH6213Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularharmרָעָֽה׃H7451Adjective - feminine singularto the Philistinesמִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםH6430Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine plural

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