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Judges 16:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.


Judges 16:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 16:220 words
HebrewMeaning
לַֽ/עַזָּתִ֣יםlaʿazātiym
GazathitepronH5841
Gazite
לֵ/אמֹ֗רlēʾmōr
answerpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
בָּ֤אbāʾ
abideverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙šiməšwōn
SamsonnounH8123
הֵ֔נָּהhēnāh
hereadvH2008
hither · now · on this side · since ···
וַ/יָּסֹ֛בּוּwayāsōbw
bringconjH5437
cast · fetch · lead · make ···
וַ/יֶּאֶרְבוּwayeʾerəbw
ambushconjH693
lay wait
ל֥/וֹlwō
pron
כָלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/לַּ֖יְלָהhalayəlāh
nightparticleH3915
בְּ/שַׁ֣עַרbəšaʿar
citypronH8179
door · gate · port
הָ/עִ֑ירhāʿiyr
AiparticleH5892
city · court · town
וַ/יִּתְחָרְשׁ֤וּwayitəḥārəšw
ceaseconjH2790
altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···
כָלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/לַּ֨יְלָה֙halayəlāh
nightparticleH3915
לֵ/אמֹ֔רlēʾmōr
answerpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
עַדʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
א֥וֹרʾwōr
brightnounH216
clear · day · light · morning ···
הַ/בֹּ֖קֶרhabōqer
dayparticleH1242
early · morning · morrow
וַ/הֲרְגְנֻֽ/הוּwahărəgənuhw
destroyconjH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
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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