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Judges 16:8-13

8Then thelordsסַרְנֵ֣יsar.NeiH5633of thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֗יםfe.lish.TimH6430broughtH5927upH5927to hersevenשִׁבְעָ֛הshiv.'AhH7651greenלַחִ֖יםla.ChimH3892witheswhichH834hadnotלֹא־lo'-H3808been dried, andsheH834boundוַתַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּva.ta.'as.Re.huH631him with them.

9NowsheH834had liers inwaitוְהָאֹרֵ֗בve.ha.'o.RevH693abiding in theinnerH2315chamberבַּחֶ֔דֶרba.Che.derH2315. AndsheH834saidוַתֹּ֣אמֶרva.To.merH559unto him, ThePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֥יםpe.lish.TimH6430beuponעָלֶ֖יךָ'a.Lei.khaH5921thee,Samsonשִׁמְשׁ֑וֹןshim.ShonH8123. And he brake the withes, as astringפְּתִֽיל־pe.til-H6616oftowהַנְּעֹ֙רֶת֙ha.ne.'O.retH5296isbrokenH5423when it toucheth thefireאֵ֔שׁ'EshH784.SoH3808hisstrengthכֹּחֽוֹ׃ko.ChoH3581wasnotH3808knownנוֹדַ֖עno.Da'H3045.

10AndDelilahדְּלִילָה֙de.li.LahH1807saidוַתֹּ֤אמֶרva.To.merH559untoSamsonשִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןshim.ShonH8123,Beholdהִנֵּה֙hi.NehH2009, thou hastmockedהֵתַ֣לְתָּhe.Tal.taH2048meH413, andtoldהַגִּֽידָה־ha.gi.dah-H5046meH413liesH3576:nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258tellH5046meH413, Iprayנָּ֣אna'H4994thee, wherewith thou mightest beboundתֵּאָסֵֽר׃te.'a.SerH631.

11And hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoherH413,IfH518theyonlyH518bindH631meH413withnewחֲדָשִׁ֔יםcha.da.ShimH2319ropesבַּעֲבֹתִ֣יםba.'a.vo.TimH5688wherewithnoH3808workמְלָאכָ֑הme.la.KhahH4399hath beendoneנַעֲשָׂ֥הna.'a.SahH6213, then shall Ibecomeוְהָיִ֖יתִיve.ha.Yi.tiH1961weakH3808, and be asanotherכְּאַחַ֥דke.'a.ChadH259manהָאָדָֽם׃ha.'a.DamH120.

12SoH3947Delilahדְּלִילָה֩de.li.LahH1807tookH3947newחֲדָשִׁ֜יםcha.da.ShimH2319ropesעֲבֹתִ֨ים'a.vo.TimH5688, andboundוַתַּאַסְרֵ֣הוּva.ta.'as.Re.huH631him therewith, andsaidוַתֹּ֤אמֶרva.To.merH559unto him, ThePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֤יםpe.lish.TimH6430beuponעָלֶ֙יךָ֙'a.Lei.khaH5921thee,Samsonשִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןshim.ShonH8123. And the liers inwaitוְהָאֹרֵ֖בve.ha.'o.RevH693were abiding in theinnerH2315chamberבֶּחָ֑דֶרbe.Cha.derH2315. And he brake them fromoffמֵעַ֥לme.'AlH5921hisarmsזְרֹעֹתָ֖יוze.ro.'o.TavH2220like athreadכַּחֽוּט׃ka.ChutH2339.

13AndDelilahדְּלִילָ֜הde.li.LahH1807saidוַתֹּ֨אמֶרva.To.merH559untoSamsonשִׁמְשׁ֗וֹןshim.ShonH8123, Hitherto thou hastmockedהֵתַ֤לְתָּhe.Tal.taH2048meאֶל־'el-H413, andtoldהַגִּ֣ידָהha.Gi.dahH5046meאֵלַי֙'e.LaiH413liesH3576:tellH5046meאֵלֶ֔יהָ'e.Lei.haH413wherewith thou mightest beboundתֵּאָסֵ֑רte.'a.SerH631. And hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoherאֶל־'el-H413,Ifאִם־'im-H518thou weavest thesevenשֶׁ֛בַעShe.va'H7651locksמַחְלְפ֥וֹתmach.le.FotH4253of myheadרֹאשִׁ֖יro.ShiH7218with thewebהַמַּסָּֽכֶת׃ha.ma.Sa.khetH4545.

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