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Judges 16:23-26

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.

26andSamsonשִׁמְשׁ֜וֹןshim.ShonH8123saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto theladהַנַּ֨עַרha.Na.'arH5288thatheldהַמַּחֲזִ֣יקha.ma.cha.ZikH2388him by thehandבְּיָדוֹ֮be.ya.DoH3027,SufferH1004meאֶל־'el-H413that I mayfeelנָכ֣וֹןna.KhonH3559thepillarsהָֽעַמֻּדִ֔יםha.'a.mu.DimH5982whereupon thehouseהַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitH1004resteth, that I mayleanוְאֶשָּׁעֵ֖ןve.'e.sha.'EnH8172uponH5921them.

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