31Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
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Judges 16:31
Samson's Fall, Blindness, Final Prayer, and Death
Judges 16 moves from Samson's repeated entanglement with Philistine women to his exposed weakness, captivity, and final prayer, showing that the LORD can judge His enemies through a broken deliverer while still warning that consecration cannot be treated casually.
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Verse 31
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Then [Samson’s] brothersאֶחָ֜יוH251Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular. . .וְכָל־H3605Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructand his father’sאָבִיהוּ֮H1Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular. . .וַיִּשְׂא֣וּH5375Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural-אֹתוֹ֒H853Direct object marker | third person masculine singularfamilyבֵּ֣יתH1004Noun - masculine singular constructcame downוַיֵּרְד֨וּH3381Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralcarried him backוַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ׀H5927Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluraland buriedוַיִּקְבְּר֣וּH6912Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralhimאוֹת֗וֹH853Direct object marker | third person masculine singularbetweenבֵּ֤יןH996PrepositionZorahצָרְעָה֙H6881Noun - proper - feminine singular. . .וּבֵ֣יןH996Conjunctive waw | Prepositionand Eshtaolאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֔לH847Noun - proper - feminine singularin the tombבְּקֶ֖בֶרH6913Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof his fatherאָבִ֑יוH1Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularManoahמָנ֣וֹחַH4495Noun - proper - masculine singularAnd heוְה֛וּאH1931Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singularhad judgedשָׁפַ֥טH8199Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singulartwentyעֶשְׂרִ֥יםH6242Number - common pluralyearsשָׁנָֽה׃פH8141Noun - feminine singular