Judges 15:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.”

Judges 15:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 15:1611 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןšiməšwōn

SamsonnounH8123

בִּ/לְחִ֣יbiləḥiy

cheekpronH3895

jaw

הַ/חֲמ֔וֹרhaḥămwōr

assparticleH2543

חֲמ֖וֹרḥămwōr

heapnounH2565

חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִםḥămōrātāyim

heapnounH2565

בִּ/לְחִ֣יbiləḥiy

cheekpronH3895

jaw

הַ/חֲמ֔וֹרhaḥămwōr

assparticleH2543

הִכֵּ֖יתִיhikēytiy

beatverbH5221

cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···

אֶ֥לֶףʾelep

thousandadjH505

אִֽישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

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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