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Judges 15:4-5

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.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

4Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.

5Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.

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Verse 4

Cross-references

2 Samuel 14:30Classic cross-references Lamentations 5:18Classic cross-references Psalms 63:10Classic cross-references Song of Solomon 2:15Classic cross-references

Original words

Then Samsonשִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןH8123Noun - proper - masculine singularwent outוַיֵּ֣לֶךְH1980Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularand caughtוַיִּלְכֹּ֖דH3920Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularthreeשְׁלֹשׁ־H7969Number - feminine singular constructhundredמֵא֣וֹתH3967Number - feminine pluralfoxesשׁוּעָלִ֑יםH7776Noun - masculine pluralAnd he tookוַיִּקַּ֣חH3947Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singulartorchesלַפִּדִ֗יםH3940Noun - masculine pluralturnedוַיֶּ֤פֶןH6437Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularthe foxes tail-to-tailזָנָב֙H2180Noun - masculine singular. . .אֶל־H413Preposition. . .זָנָ֔בH2180Noun - masculine singularand fastenedוַיָּ֨שֶׂםH7760Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularaאֶחָ֛דH259Number - masculine singulartorchלַפִּ֥ידH3940Noun - masculine singularbetweenבֵּין־H996Prepositioneach pairשְׁנֵ֥יH8147Number - masculine dual constructof tailsהַזְּנָב֖וֹתH2180Article | Noun - masculine plural. . .בַּתָּֽוֶךְ׃H8432Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 5

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Then he litוַיַּבְעֶר־H1197Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular. . .אֵשׁ֙H784Noun - common singularthe torchesבַּלַּפִּידִ֔יםH3940Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine pluraland released [the foxes]וַיְשַׁלַּ֖חH7971Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularinto the standing grainבְּקָמ֣וֹתH7054Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural constructof the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםH6430Noun - proper - masculine pluralburning upוַיַּבְעֵ֛רH1197Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularthe piles of grainמִגָּדִ֥ישׁH1430Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular. . .וְעַד־H5704Conjunctive waw | Prepositionand the standing grainקָמָ֖הH7054Noun - feminine singularas well asוְעַד־H5704Conjunctive waw | Prepositionthe vineyardsכֶּ֥רֶםH3754Noun - masculine singular constructand olive grovesזָֽיִת׃H2132Noun - masculine singular

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