New American Standard Bible 1995

Judges 15:9-13

9Then the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםfe.lish.TimH6430wentוַיַּעֲל֣וּvai.ya.'a.LuH5927up and campedוַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.NuH2583in Judahבִּיהוּדָ֑הbi.hu.DahH3063,and spreadH6566out in Lehiבַּלֶּֽחִי׃ba.Le.chiH3896.

10The menאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376of Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063saidוַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙vai.yo.me.RuH559, “Whyלָמָ֖הla.MahH4100have you comeעֲלִיתֶ֣ם'a.li.TemH5927up againstעָלֵ֑ינוּ'a.Lei.nuH5921us?” And they saidוַיֹּאמְר֗וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, “We have comeעָלִ֔ינוּ'a.Li.nuH5927up to bindלֶאֱס֤וֹרle.'e.SorH631Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹן֙shim.shOnH8123in order to doלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213to him as he didעָ֥שָׂה'A.sahH6213to us.”

11Then 3,000שְׁלֹשֶׁת֩ אֲלָפִ֨יםshe.lo.Shet 'a.la.FimH7969 H505menאִ֜ישׁ'ishH376of Judahמִֽיהוּדָ֗הmi.hu.DahH3063wentH3381downוַיֵּרְד֡וּvai.ye.re.DuH3381to the cleftסְעִיף֮se.'IfH5585of the rockסֶ֣לַעSe.la'H5553of Etamעֵיטָם֒'ei.TamH5862and saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to Samsonלְשִׁמְשׁ֗וֹןle.shim.ShonH8123, “Do you not knowיָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ya.Da'.taH3045that the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430are rulersמֹשְׁלִ֥יםmo.she.LimH4910over us? Whatוּמַה־u.mah-H4100then is thisH2088that you have doneעָשִׂ֣יתָ'a.Si.taH6213to us?” And he saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, “As they didעָ֣שׂוּ'A.suH6213to me, soכֵּ֖ןkenH3651I have doneעָשִׂ֥יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213to them.”

12They saidוַיֹּ֤אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559to him, “We have comeיָרַ֔דְנוּya.Rad.nuH3381downH3381to bindלֶאֱסָרְךָ֣le.'e.sa.re.KhaH631you so that we may giveלְתִתְּךָ֖le.ti.te.KhaH5414you into the handsבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpe.lish.TimH6430.”And Samsonשִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןshim.ShonH8123saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, “Swearהִשָּׁבְע֣וּhi.sha.ve.'UH7650to me that you will notkillתִּפְגְּע֥וּןtif.ge.'UnH6293me.”

13So they saidH559tohim, “NoH3808,but we will bindאָסֹ֤ר'a.SorH631you fastנֶֽאֱסָרְךָ֙ne.'e.sa.re.KhaH631and giveוּנְתַנּ֣וּךָu.ne.ta.Nu.khaH5414you into their handsבְיָדָ֔םve.ya.DamH3027;yet surelyוְהָמֵ֖תve.ha.MetH4191we will not killנְמִיתֶ֑ךָne.mi.Te.khaH4191you.” Then they boundוַיַּאַסְרֻ֗הוּvai.ya.'as.Ru.huH631him with twoבִּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙bish.Na.yimH8147newחֲדָשִׁ֔יםcha.da.ShimH2319ropesעֲבֹתִ֣ים'a.vo.TimH5688and broughtוַֽיַּעֲל֖וּהוּvai.ya.'a.Lu.huH5927him up from the rockהַסָּֽלַע׃ha.Sa.la'H5553.

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