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Judges 14:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto 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:


Judges 14:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 14:1223 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ/הֶם֙lāhem
pron
שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןšiməšwōn
SamsonnounH8123
אָחֽוּדָהʾāḥwdāh
put forthverbH2330
נָּ֥אnāʾ
I beseech theeparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
לָ/כֶ֖םlākem
pron
חִידָ֑הḥiydāh
dark saying (sentencenounH2420
speech) · hard question · proverb · riddle
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
הַגֵּ֣דhagēd
bewrayverbH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
תַּגִּידוּ֩tagiydw
bewrayverbH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
אוֹתָ֨/הּʾwōtāh
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
לִ֜/יliy
pron
שִׁבְעַ֨תšibəʿat
sevenadjH7651
-s · (-teen · -teenth) · -th ···
יְמֵ֤יyəmēy
daynounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הַ/מִּשְׁתֶּה֙hamišəteh
banquetparticleH4960
drank · drink · feast · -ing)
וּ/מְצָאתֶ֔םwməṣāʾtem
befallconjH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
וְ/נָתַתִּ֤יwənātatiy
addconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לָ/כֶם֙lākem
pron
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםšəlōšiym
thirtyadjH7970
thirtieth. Compare
סְדִינִ֔יםsədiyniym
fine linennounH5466
sheet
וּ/שְׁלֹשִׁ֖יםwšəlōšiym
thirtyconjH7970
thirtieth. Compare
חֲלִפֹ֥תḥălipōt
changenounH2487
course
בְּגָדִֽיםbəgādiym
apparelnounH899
cloth(-es · ing) · garment · lap ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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