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Judges 15:3-6

3And Samsonשִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןshim.ShonH8123saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559concerning them, Nowהַפַּ֖עַםha.Pa.'amH6471shall I be more blamelessנִקֵּ֥יתִיni.Kei.tiH5352than the Philistinesמִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםmi.pe.lish.TimH6430,though I doעֹשֶׂ֥ה'o.SehH6213them a displeasureרָעָֽה׃ra.'AhH7451.

4And Samsonשִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןshim.ShonH8123wentH3212and caughtוַיִּלְכֹּ֖דvai.yil.KodH3920threeשְׁלֹשׁ־she.losh-H7969hundredמֵא֣וֹתme.'otH3967foxesשׁוּעָלִ֑יםshu.'a.LimH7776,and tookוַיִּקַּ֣חvai.yi.KachH3947firebrandsלַפִּדִ֗יםla.pi.DimH3940,and turnedוַיֶּ֤פֶןvai.Ye.fenH6437tailזָנָב֙za.NavH2180to tailזָנָ֔בza.NavH2180,and putוַיָּ֨שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760aאֶחָ֛ד'e.ChadH259firebrandלַפִּ֥ידla.PidH3940in the midstבַּתָּֽוֶךְ׃ba.Ta.vekhH8432between twoשְׁנֵ֥יshe.NeiH8147tailsהַזְּנָב֖וֹתha.ze.na.VotH2180.

5And when he had setוַיַּבְעֶר־vai.yav.'er-H1197the brandsבַּלַּפִּידִ֔יםba.la.pi.DimH3940on fireאֵשׁ֙'eshH784, he let themgoוַיְשַׁלַּ֖חvay.sha.LachH7971into the standing cornבְּקָמ֣וֹתbe.ka.MotH7054of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpe.lish.TimH6430,and burnt upוַיַּבְעֵ֛רvai.yav.'ErH1197both the shocksמִגָּדִ֥ישׁmi.ga.DishH1430,and also the standing cornקָמָ֖הka.MahH7054,with the vineyardsכֶּ֥רֶםKe.remH3754andolivesזָֽיִת׃Za.yitH2132.

6Then the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּים֮fe.lish.TimH6430saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559,Who hath doneעָ֣שָׂה'A.sahH6213this? And they answeredוַיֹּאמְר֗וּvai.yo.me.RuH559,Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹן֙shim.shOnH8123,the son in lawחֲתַ֣ןcha.TanH2860of the Timniteהַתִּמְנִ֔יha.tim.NiH8554,because he had takenלָקַ֣חla.KachH3947his wifeאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ'ish.ToH802,and givenוַֽיִּתְּנָ֖הּvai.yi.te.NahH5414her to his companionלְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּle.me.re.'E.huH4828.And the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםfe.lish.TimH6430came upוַיַּעֲל֣וּvai.ya.'a.LuH5927,and burntוַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּvai.yis.re.FuH8313her and her fatherאָבִ֖יהָ'a.Vi.haH1with fireבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'EshH784.

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