“And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.”
Judges 14:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Judges 14:1823 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמְרוּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
ל/וֹ֩lwō
pron
אַנְשֵׁ֨יʾanəšēy
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
הָ/עִ֜ירhāʿiyr
the cityparticleH5892
city · court · town
בַּ/יּ֣וֹםbaywōm
on the daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֗יhašəbiyʿiy
seventhparticleH7637
בְּ/טֶ֨רֶם֙bəṭerem
beforepronH2962
ere · not yet
יָבֹ֣אyābōʾ
it wentverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
הַ/חַ֔רְסָ/הhaḥarəsāh
the sunparticleH2775
sun
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
מָּת֣וֹקmātwōq
is sweetadjH4966
-ness)
מִ/דְּבַ֔שׁmidəbaš
more than honeypronH1706
וּ/מֶ֥הwmeh
and what?conjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
עַ֖זʿaz
is strongadjH5794
greedy · mighty · power · roughly ···
מֵ/אֲרִ֑יmēʾăriy
more than a lionpronH738
pierce
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ/הֶ֔םlāhem
pron
לוּלֵא֙lwlēʾ
if notconjH3884
had not · if · unless · were it not that
חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣םḥărašətem
you had plowedverbH2790
altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···
בְּ/עֶגְלָתִ֔/יbəʿegəlātiy
with heifer mypronH5697
cow · heifer
לֹ֥אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
מְצָאתֶ֖םməṣāʾtem
you found outverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
חִידָתִֽ/יḥiydātiy
riddle mynounH2420
speech) · hard question · proverb · riddle
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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