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Judges 15:3-8

3AndSamsonשִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןshim.ShonH8123saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559concerning them,Nowהַפַּ֖עַםha.Pa.'amH6471shall I be moreblamelessנִקֵּ֥יתִיni.Kei.tiH5352than thePhilistinesמִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםmi.pe.lish.TimH6430, though Idoעֹשֶׂ֥ה'o.SehH6213themharmרָעָֽה׃ra.'AhH7451.

4AndSamsonשִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןshim.ShonH8123wentH3212andcaughtוַיִּלְכֹּ֖דvai.yil.KodH3920threeשְׁלֹשׁ־she.losh-H7969hundredמֵא֣וֹתme.'otH3967foxesשׁוּעָלִ֑יםshu.'a.LimH7776, andtookוַיִּקַּ֣חvai.yi.KachH3947torchesלַפִּדִ֗יםla.pi.DimH3940, andturnedוַיֶּ֤פֶןvai.Ye.fenH6437tailזָנָב֙za.NavH2180totailזָנָ֔בza.NavH2180, andputוַיָּ֨שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760aאֶחָ֛ד'e.ChadH259torchלַפִּ֥ידla.PidH3940in themidstבַּתָּֽוֶךְ׃ba.Ta.vekhH8432betweentwoשְׁנֵ֥יshe.NeiH8147tailsהַזְּנָב֖וֹתha.ze.na.VotH2180.

5And when he hadlightedוַיַּבְעֶר־vai.yav.'er-H1197thetorchesאֵשׁ֙ בַּלַּפִּידִ֔ים'esh ba.la.pi.DimH3940 H784, he let themgoוַיְשַׁלַּ֖חvay.sha.LachH7971into the standinggrainבְּקָמ֣וֹתbe.ka.MotH7054of thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpe.lish.TimH6430, and burntupוַיַּבְעֵ֛רvai.yav.'ErH1197both theshocksמִגָּדִ֥ישׁmi.ga.DishH1430, and also the standinggrainקָמָ֖הka.MahH7054, with thevineyardsכֶּ֥רֶםKe.remH3754andolivesזָֽיִת׃Za.yitH2132.

6Then thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּים֮fe.lish.TimH6430saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, Who hathdoneעָ֣שָׂה'A.sahH6213this? And theyansweredוַיֹּאמְר֗וּvai.yo.me.RuH559,Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹן֙shim.shOnH8123, the son inlawחֲתַ֣ןcha.TanH2860of theTimniteהַתִּמְנִ֔יha.tim.NiH8554, because he hadtakenלָקַ֣חla.KachH3947hiswifeאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ'ish.ToH802, andgivenוַֽיִּתְּנָ֖הּvai.yi.te.NahH5414her to hiscompanionלְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּle.me.re.'E.huH4828. And thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםfe.lish.TimH6430cameupוַיַּעֲל֣וּvai.ya.'a.LuH5927, andburntוַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּvai.yis.re.FuH8313her and herfatherאָבִ֖יהָ'a.Vi.haH1withfireבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'EshH784.

7AndSamsonשִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןshim.ShonH8123saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them,ThoughH518ye havedoneתַּעֲשׂ֖וּןta.'a.SunH6213thisכָּזֹ֑אתka.ZotH2063, yet will I beavengedנִקַּ֥מְתִּיni.Kam.tiH5358of you, andafterוְאַחַ֥רve.'a.CharH310that I willceaseאֶחְדָּֽל׃'ech.DalH2308.

8And hesmoteוַיַּ֨ךְvai.YakhH5221themhipשׁ֛וֹקShokH7785andעַל־'al-H5921thighיָרֵ֖ךְya.RekhH3409with agreatגְדוֹלָ֑הge.do.LahH1419slaughterמַכָּ֣הma.KahH4347: and he wentdownוַיֵּ֣רֶדvai.Ye.redH3381anddweltוַיֵּ֔שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427in thetopבִּסְעִ֖יףbis.'IfH5585of therockסֶ֥לַעSe.la'H5553Etamעֵיטָֽם׃ ס'ei.TamH5862.

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