“And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?”
Judges 14:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Judges 14:1625 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תֵּבְךְּ֩watēbəkə
and she weptconjH1058
at all · complain · make lamentation · more ···
אֵ֨שֶׁתʾēšet
the wife ofnounH802
each · every · female · many ···
שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹןšiməšwōn
SamsonnounH8123
עָלָ֗י/וʿālāyw
over himpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר֙watōʾmer
and she saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
רַקraq
onlyparticleH7535
even · except · howbeit howsoever · at the least ···
שְׂנֵאתַ֨/נִי֙śənēʾtaniy
you hate meverbH8130
foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֲהַבְתָּ֔/נִיʾăhabətāniy
you love meverbH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
הַֽ/חִידָ֥הhaḥiydāh
the riddleparticleH2420
speech) · hard question · proverb · riddle
חַ֨דְתָּ֙ḥadətā
you have asked the riddleverbH2330
לִ/בְנֵ֣יlibənēy
to the sons ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
עַמִּ֔/יʿamiy
people mynounH5971
men · nation · people
וְ/לִ֖/יwəliy
conj
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הִגַּ֑דְתָּהhigadətāh
you have toldverbH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ֗/הּlāh
pron
הִנֵּ֨הhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
לְ/אָבִ֧/יləʾābiy
to father mypronH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וּ/לְ/אִמִּ֛/יwləʾimiy
and to mother myconjH517
mother · parting
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הִגַּ֖דְתִּיhigadətiy
I have toldverbH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
וְ/לָ֥/ךְwəlākə
conj
אַגִּֽידʾagiyd
will I tell?verbH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
ℹWords 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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