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Judges 16:21-25

21And thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםfe.lish.TimH6430laidholdוַיֹּאחֲז֣וּהוּvai.yo.cha.Zu.huH270on him, andputH3381outH853hiseyesעֵינָ֑יו'ei.NavH5869; and theybroughtH3381himdownוַיּוֹרִ֨ידוּvai.yo.Ri.duH3381toGazaעַזָּ֗תָה'a.Za.tahH5804, andboundH631him withfettersבַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםban.chush.Ta.yimH5178ofbrassH5178; and he didgrindטוֹחֵ֖ןto.ChenH2912in theprisonH1004houseבְּבֵ֥יתbe.VeitH1004.

22Howbeit thehairשְׂעַר־se.'ar-H8181of hisheadרֹאשׁ֛וֹro.ShoH7218beganוַיָּ֧חֶלvai.Ya.chelH2490togrowלְצַמֵּ֖חַle.tza.Me.achH6779againH6779after he was shaven.

23And thelordsוְסַרְנֵ֣יve.sar.NeiH5633of thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֗יםfe.lish.TimH6430gatheredנֶֽאֱסְפוּ֙ne.'es.FuH622themtogetherH622for toofferלִזְבֹּ֧חַliz.Bo.achH2076agreatגָּד֛וֹלga.DolH1419sacrificeזֶֽבַח־ze.vach-H2077untoDagonלְדָג֥וֹןle.da.GonH1712theirgodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430, and torejoiceוּלְשִׂמְחָ֑הu.le.sim.ChahH8057: for theysaidוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559, Ourgodאֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙'e.lo.Hei.nuH430hathdeliveredנָתַ֤ןna.TanH5414Samsonשִׁמְשׁ֥וֹןshim.ShonH8123ourenemyאוֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃'oy.Vei.nuH341intoH3027ourhandבְּיָדֵ֔נוּbe.ya.De.nuH3027.

24And when thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971sawוַיִּרְא֤וּvai.yir.'UH7200him, theypraisedוַֽיְהַלְל֖וּvay.ha.LuH1984theirgodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430: for theysaidאָמְר֗וּ'a.me.RuH559, Ourgodאֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430hathdeliveredH5414intoH776ourhandבְיָדֵ֙נוּ֙ve.ya.De.nuH3027ourenemyא֣וֹיְבֵ֔נוּ'oy.Ve.nuH341, and the destroyer of ourcountryH776,whichוַאֲשֶׁ֥רva.'a.SherH834hathslainחֲלָלֵֽינוּ׃cha.la.Lei.nuH2491manyהִרְבָּ֖הhir.BahH7235ofusH5414.

25And itcameH1961topassH1961, when theirheartsלִבָּ֔םli.BamH3820were merry, that theysaidוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559,Callקִרְא֥וּkir.'UH7121forSamsonלְשִׁמְשׁ֖וֹןle.shim.ShonH8123, that he maymakeH6711usH3588sportH6711. And theycalledוַיִּקְרְא֨וּvai.yik.re.'UH7121forSamsonלְשִׁמְשׁ֜וֹןle.shim.ShonH8123outH6440of theprisonH1004houseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004; and hemadeH1961sportH6711beforeH6440them: and theysetוַיַּעֲמִ֥ידוּvai.ya.'a.Mi.duH5975himbetweenבֵּ֥יןbeinH996thepillarsהָעַמּוּדִֽים׃ha.'a.mu.DimH5982.

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