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Judges 14:14 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.


Judges 14:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 14:1414 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ/הֶ֗םlāhem
pron
מֵ/הָֽ/אֹכֵל֙mēhāʾōkēl
burn uppronH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
יָצָ֣אyāṣāʾ
appearverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
מַאֲכָ֔לmaʾăkāl
foodnounH3978
fruit · meat · victual
וּ/מֵ/עַ֖זwmēʿaz
fierceconjH5794
greedy · mighty · power · roughly ···
יָצָ֣אyāṣāʾ
appearverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
מָת֑וֹקmātwōq
sweet(-eradjH4966
-ness)
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָכְל֛וּyākəlw
be ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
לְ/הַגִּ֥ידləhagiyd
bewraypronH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
הַ/חִידָ֖הhaḥiydāh
dark saying (sentenceparticleH2420
speech) · hard question · proverb · riddle
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתšəlōšet
thirdadjH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
יָמִֽיםyāmiym
daynounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
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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