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Judges 14:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.


Judges 14:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 14:328 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
ל֜/וֹlwō
pron
אָבִ֣י/וʾābiyw
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וְ/אִמּ֗/וֹwəʾimwō
damconjH517
mother · parting
הַ/אֵין֩haʾēyn
elseparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
בִּ/בְנ֨וֹתbibənwōt
applepronH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
אַחֶ֤י/ךָʾaḥeykā
brothernounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
וּ/בְ/כָלwbəkāl
all (mannerconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עַמִּ/י֙ʿamiy
peoplenounH5971
men · nation · people
אִשָּׁ֔הʾišāh
womannounH802
each · every · female · many ···
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אַתָּ֤הʾatāh
theeprepH859
thou · ye · you
הוֹלֵךְ֙hwōlēkə
alongverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
לָ/קַ֣חַתlāqaḥat
acceptpronH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
אִשָּׁ֔הʾišāh
womannounH802
each · every · female · many ···
מִ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםmipəlišətiym
PhilistinepronH6430
הָ/עֲרֵלִ֑יםhāʿărēliym
uncircumcisedparticleH6189
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שִׁמְשׁ֤וֹןšiməšwōn
SamsonnounH8123
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אָבִי/ו֙ʾābiyw
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
אוֹתָ֣/הּʾwōtāh
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
קַֽחqaḥ
acceptverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
לִ֔/יliy
pron
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הִ֖יאhiyʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
יָשְׁרָ֥הyāšərāh
directverbH3474
fit · seem good · please · be (esteem ···
בְ/עֵינָֽ/יbəʿēynāy
eyepronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
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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