“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 16:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Judges 16:220 words
HebrewMeaning
לַֽ/עַזָּתִ֣יםlaʿazātiym
to the GazitespronH5841
Gazite
לֵ/אמֹ֗רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
בָּ֤אbāʾ
he has comeverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙šiməšwōn
SamsonnounH8123
הֵ֔נָּהhēnāh
hereadvH2008
hither · now · on this side · since ···
וַ/יָּסֹ֛בּוּwayāsōbw
and they surroundedconjH5437
cast · fetch · lead · make ···
וַ/יֶּאֶרְבוּwayeʾerəbw
and they lay in waitconjH693
lay wait
ל֥/וֹlwō
pron
כָלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/לַּ֖יְלָהhalayəlāh
the nightparticleH3915
בְּ/שַׁ֣עַרbəšaʿar
at the gate ofpronH8179
door · gate · port
הָ/עִ֑ירhāʿiyr
the cityparticleH5892
city · court · town
וַ/יִּתְחָרְשׁ֤וּwayitəḥārəšw
and they were silentconjH2790
altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···
כָלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/לַּ֨יְלָה֙halayəlāh
the nightparticleH3915
לֵ/אמֹ֔רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
א֥וֹרʾwōr
the light ofnounH216
clear · day · light · morning ···
הַ/בֹּ֖קֶרhabōqer
the morningparticleH1242
early · morning · morrow
וַ/הֲרְגְנֻֽ/הוּwahărəgənuhw
and we will kill himconjH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
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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